Strange as it may seem, only 5 winters have been colder than this one
by the looks of it in Coventry, even though the average looks like
being 1.1C above the 30-year climatological normal for 1971-2000.

Just goes to show how cold winters were in the 1970's!

Steve Jackson
Bablake Weather Station
Coventry UK
www.bablakeweather.co.uk

"Steve J" wrote in message
...
Strange as it may seem, only 5 winters have been colder than this one
by the looks of it in Coventry, even though the average looks like
being 1.1C above the 30-year climatological normal for 1971-2000.

Just goes to show how cold winters were in the 1970's!

I thought that up until the late 70's winters in that decade
were mild.
--
Col

Bolton, Lancashire
160m asl

On 26 Feb, 19:08, Steve J wrote:
Strange as it may seem, only 5 winters have been colder than this one
by the looks of it in Coventry, even though the average looks like
being 1.1C above the 30-year climatological normal for 1971-2000.

I should have said, only 5 winters in the past 21 years have been
colder!

Not, ever!!!

Steve Jackson
Bablake Weather Station
Coventry UK
www.bablakeweather.co.uk

On 26 Feb, 19:11, "Col" wrote

I thought that up until the late 70's winters in that decade
were mild.

There were some cold winters in the late 1970's he

1976-77 2.9
1977-78 3.5
1978-79 1.4

but you are right!

My researcher let me down - this year's winter average is 4.5C, same
as the 30 year average, not +1.1C.

Can't get the staff these days:-)

Still likely to be one of the coldest winter's in thepast 21 winters
here - only 5 colder (90-91, 95-96, 96-97, 00-01, 05-06).

Steve Jackson
Bablake Weather Station
Coventry UK
www.bablakeweather.co.uk

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Col writes:

"Steve J" wrote in message
...
Strange as it may seem, only 5 winters have been colder than this one
by the looks of it in Coventry, even though the average looks like
being 1.1C above the 30-year climatological normal for 1971-2000.

Just goes to show how cold winters were in the 1970's!

I thought that up until the late 70's winters in that decade
were mild.

Yes, the period of mainly cold winters, going by the CET, was I think
roughly from 1976-7 to 1986-7. 1978 (Feb), 1978-9, 1981-2 (Dec and Jan),
1985 (Jan and Feb), 1986 (Feb) and 1987 (Jan) all had notable cold
spells in my part of the world (Surrey).
--
John Hall
"Banking was conceived in iniquity and born in sin"
attributed to Sir Josiah Stamp,
a former director of the Bank of England

In message
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Steve J writes
On 26 Feb, 19:08, Steve J wrote:
Strange as it may seem, only 5 winters have been colder than this one
by the looks of it in Coventry, even though the average looks like
being 1.1C above the 30-year climatological normal for 1971-2000.

I should have said, only 5 winters in the past 21 years have been
colder!

Not, ever!!!

Blimey Steve are you sure?

I just had a look at my records and I've had at least 30 Winters colder
than this one just since 1971!!!

I've had at least 15 colder in the last 21 years!

There have only been 5 WARMER since 1988

2007, 1998, 1995, 1990 & 1989 and 1995 is only by 0.1c so 2008 could
still end up warmer than that!

Weston Coyney weather station (North Staffordshire) 220 metres asl
--
Graham

There have only been 5 WARMER since 1988

2007, 1998, 1995, 1990 & 1989 and 1995 is only by 0.1c so 2008 could
still end up warmer than that!

Weston Coyney weather station (North Staffordshire) 220 metres asl
--
Graham

My record begins with the 1991 winter, and like you, only 1995, 1998
and 2007 look like being warmer than this winter.

Dick Lovett
Charlbury (Oxfordshire Cotswolds) 121m

Still likely to be one of the coldest winter's in thepast 21 winters
here - only 5 colder (90-91, 95-96, 96-97, 00-01, 05-06).

Steve

Are you sure?

My records show that this winter (for this part of the world) is likely to
be the 2nd warmest for the past 35 years (using Exeter Airport data).
________________
Nick G
Otter Valley, Devon
83 m amsl
http://www.ottervalley.co.uk

On 26 Feb, 23:36, "Nick Gardner"
wrote:

Still likely to be one of the coldest winter's in thepast 21 winters

here - only 5 colder (90-91, 95-96, 96-97, 00-01, 05-06).

Steve

Are you sure?

Whhops!

I have checked out the figures used by my young researchers yesterday,
to find they had put the wrong figures into the Excel spreadsheet!

So, the average winter temperature looks like being 5.5C NOT 4.5C, so
only 6 have been milder in the past 21 years - some difference.

I should have spotted the error, but as we are in the middle of an
inspection right now, didn't make the time to check the figures.

Mea culpa - thanks to you, Col and Graham for the heads up on this
one!

Steve Jackson
Bablake Weather Station
Coventry UK
www.bablakeweather.co.uk

Strange as it may seem, only 5 winters have been colder than this one
by the looks of it in Coventry, even though the average looks like
being 1.1C above the 30-year climatological normal for 1971-2000.

Just goes to show how cold winters were in the 1970's!

Steve I think you need to seriously check your records!!
--
Graham