On Wednesday, 19 December 2012 14:18:58 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

It's funny NickI remember that great winter of 78/79 wich started around the 27/28th December. I was in South Yorkshire at the time and I remember the BBC news higlighting the River Ouse in York reaching record levels.