In article ,
Philip Eden writes:

"John Hall" wrote :

Based on the mean CET of Dec-Jan-Feb, the 10 mildest winters from 1660 to
2004 inclusive are (year in which the January falls):

Year Mean CET (degrees C)
1869 6.7
1834 6.6
1989 6.5
1975 6.5
1686 6.3
1796 6.3
1990 6.2
1935 6.1
1734 6.1
1998 6.1

And we look like ending up at 6.1 or 6.0 this month.

Which puts things nicely into perspective, in that it's obviously much
rarer for that degree of mildness to persist over three winter months
rather than just one.
--
John Hall

"Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong."
Oscar Wilde