On Wednesday, December 19, 2012 2:18:58 PM UTC, Nick wrote:
The latest 30 day forecast seems absolutely hopeless without even a

chance of anything even slightly pleasant, never mind interestingly

cold, for the south of England for the next month. Is it now time to

write off the first half of winter 2012/13 as a hideous, damp,

Atlantic-dominated gloomfest? Is there any hope whatsoever of anything

even passably pleasant (read: dry, don't care about the temperature)

before late January?



Seems January will be the 10th consecutive unsettled month according

to that forecast. It seems possible now that April 2012-March 2013

will be possibly the wettest 12-month on record, unless Feb and March

are extremely dry.



It's the shortest day on Friday but with that forecast I suspect it'll

be February before we notice the afternoons getting even slightly

lighter.



Nick

CET for 1st half of December currently +2.2°C, which is 3.2°C below the 1981-2010 average http://www.climate-uk.com/

So, it can't be said that it's been a mild month so far in Central England!