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"Philip Eden" philipATweatherHYPHENukDOTcom wrote in message
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Alex, have you devised a local 30-year average, or are you comparing
with 1994-2003? If the latter, you should be aware that the 1994-2003
mean for December is roughly 0.2 to 0.5 degC *lower* than the
1971-2000 mean. Philip Eden

Philip,

Yes, after reading your post I've just checked and over the last 10 years
December is the only month significantly colder than the 1971-2000 norm, 0.4
degrees colder here. Another feature of the last 10 years or so has been the
dryness of March.