Over the last few years it has been commented that the weather on December 17th (or thereabouts) is the most reliable indicator of what is to come for the rest of the winter - something like if there are three cold days around the 17th of December the rest of the winter (by probability) will be cold..

I cannot find the post relating to this. Could somebody point me in the right direction?

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Scott
You need to look at Colin Finch's 37 minus rule from around the mid 1970s. Someone in the COL archives department or with COL back copies might have the references. That's where Colin published his work. It was quite accurate for your area.
Ken
Copley

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Scott
You need to look at Colin Finch's 37 minus rule from around the mid
1970s. Someone in the COL archives department or with COL back copies
might have the references. That's where Colin published his work. It
was quite accurate for your area.

I think I remember that from a letter published in "Weather". IIRC, it
was that a spell of three or more consecutive days with a maximum
temperature less than 37F (3C) occurring before Christmas was an
indication of a cold winter. I don't recall the 17th of December being
specifically mentioned, though. There was a similar guideline for warm
summers based on a "warm snap" in May IIRC.
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On Monday, 24 November 2014 10:34:08 UTC, John Hall wrote:
There was a similar guideline for warm
summers based on a "warm snap" in May IIRC.
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Hi, John,
That would be his 75+ rule. It never seemed to work here, lol!
Ken
Copley
Teesdale