I've seen several threads on here about the mildness of the winter (DJF).

Forgive a naive question from a newcomer, but have there been areas of the
UK which have had no air frost (so far) this winter? If so, would this be
unusual?

What about an entirely frost-free calendar year?

Steve P

In article ,
Steve Pardoe writes:
I've seen several threads on here about the mildness of the winter (DJF).

Forgive a naive question from a newcomer, but have there been areas of the
UK which have had no air frost (so far) this winter? If so, would this be
unusual?

What about an entirely frost-free calendar year?

I suspect those things would not be uncommon in the Scillies.
--
John Hall Weep not for little Leonie
Abducted by a French Marquis!
Though loss of honour was a wrench
Just think how it's improved her French. Harry Graham (1874-1936)

I suspect exposed, coastal areas in the south and west of the UK would
experience the least frosts, and a completely frost-free year I would
imagine is not that uncommon in such places.

Also the islands around the UK such as the Scilly Isles and the Western
Isles.
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Nick G
Otter Valley, Devon
83 m amsl
http://www.ottervalley.co.uk

On Sat, 24 Feb 2007 11:33:31 +0000, John Hall
wrote:

In article ,
Steve Pardoe writes:
I've seen several threads on here about the mildness of the winter (DJF).

Forgive a naive question from a newcomer, but have there been areas of the
UK which have had no air frost (so far) this winter? If so, would this be
unusual?

What about an entirely frost-free calendar year?

I suspect those things would not be uncommon in the Scillies.


Weatheronline's historical chart shows a minimum of +4C this winter at
St Mary's, Scilly Is.

"Nick Gardner" wrote in message
...
I suspect exposed, coastal areas in the south and west of the UK would
experience the least frosts, and a completely frost-free year I would
imagine is not that uncommon in such places.

Also the islands around the UK such as the Scilly Isles and the Western
Isles.

Correct, though not for Stornoway where the highest extreme winter
minimum in the last 65 years is -2.0°C in 2002-03. Of the
270-odd sites I monitor, 32 recorded no air frost in January, including
unexpected places like Stornoway, Bridlington and Cromer. Most,
though, have had frosts in Nov, Dec, or Feb, and the only remaining
frost-free sites are Mumbles, Scilly, Portland, St Catherine's Point,
Torquay and Falmouth, and outside the UK at Rosslare and all
stations in the Channel Islands (that, too, I think is rare). The lowest
min so far at Scilly is 4.1°C.

Stornoway's minimum so far is -1.6°C, so that record may go.

Philip

Steve Pardoe wrote:
I've seen several threads on here about the mildness of the winter (DJF).

Forgive a naive question from a newcomer, but have there been areas of the
UK which have had no air frost (so far) this winter? If so, would this be
unusual?

What about an entirely frost-free calendar year?


I have had a very small number of zero degrees minima this winter, but no
sub-zero minima.


--
Gianna
Peterhead

On 24 Feb, 11:07, "Steve Pardoe" wrote:
I've seen several threads on here about the mildness of the winter (DJF).

Forgive a naive question from a newcomer, but have there been areas of the
UK which have had no air frost (so far) this winter? If so, would this be
unusual?

What about an entirely frost-free calendar year?

Steve P

Just 1 air frost in Penzance (26th January.

I recorded no air frosts in the whole of 2002, and the winter of
1994/5 had no air frosts.

Graham
Penzance

Steve Pardoe wrote:
I've seen several threads on here about the mildness of the winter (DJF).

Forgive a naive question from a newcomer, but have there been areas of the
UK which have had no air frost (so far) this winter? If so, would this be
unusual?

No air frost here so far, minimum +0.2C.
--
Steve Loft
Sanday, Orkney. 5m ASL
http://sanday.org.uk/weather

"Steve Loft" wrote in message
.. .
Steve Pardoe wrote:
I've seen several threads on here about the mildness of the winter (DJF).

Forgive a naive question from a newcomer, but have there been areas of
the UK which have had no air frost (so far) this winter? If so, would
this be unusual?

No air frost here so far, minimum +0.2C.
--
Steve Loft
Sanday, Orkney. 5m ASL
http://sanday.org.uk/weather

Thanks for the replies - it might have been more sensible of me to specify
"mainland UK".

Vis-a-vis climate change, it seems to me (as a novice) that it's the "high
minima" that are of more consequence from a day-to-day point of view than
extremes of high or low temperature. As discussed elsewhere on the group,
the effects of high minima on flora and fauna are very noticeable -
particularly if, say, birds start nesting at times inappropriate to food
supply for their chicks.

Steve P