Where, statistically, in the UK (excluding the Channel Islands) is the
driest, warmest, sunniest, least windy place in winter?

Karl Cooper, Orkney

Why??

Are you thinking of moving there???- had enough of all that
wind/rain/snow???

Nigel


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"Nigel" wrote in message...
Why??

Just curious Nigel - that there might be a location significantly better
than surrounding areas due to shelter, slope etc.
Side of a river valley just inland of the south coast?

- had enough of all that
wind/rain/snow???

Will have had more than enough wind and rain by March!
Only two days of snow here last winter!

K

Yes your right- I think it will maybe be around Lymington, Hampshire. Its
near the sea far enough away from east, north winds.

I have been there when it has been snowing virtually all over south England
but not there!!!

Nigel


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Somewhere in the SW, on the coast, would be my guess.

On Sun, 30 Nov 2003 22:40:30 -0000, "Karl Cooper"
wrote:

Where, statistically, in the UK (excluding the Channel Islands) is the
driest, warmest, sunniest, least windy place in winter?

Here, dammitall. The Solent area!

But seriously, I'd say it's probably somewhere on or near the coast
between Brighton, Isle of Wight and Poole.

The South West may be too windy and wet, the South East too cold,
further North and inland too cold and dull, further East too cold.

In the end, it all depends on which climatic indicators are chosen and
their relative weighting. If it's frost and snow days or temperature
alone, it would be Cornwall/Scilly Isles - but they are windier and
duller than the Central South Coast.

The best clues are he
http://www.meto.gov.uk/climate/uk/av...90/mapped.html

Dave Ludlow
Fareham, Hampshire

"Karl Cooper" wrote in message
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Where, statistically, in the UK (excluding the Channel Islands) is the
driest, warmest, sunniest, least windy place in winter?

Hi, Carl,

In winter, one of the driest and sunniest places, surprisingly enough,
is NE England. This is because of the prevalent SW'lies and rain shadow
effect. ( A flow off the North Sea, like today, though, is a different
story!)

NE England is not, however, the warmest and calmest!

ATB,

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830ft
http://mysite.freeserve.com/copley
(MO climat. site updated before 10Z and 19Z daily)
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In article ,
Dave Ludlow writes:
On Sun, 30 Nov 2003 22:40:30 -0000, "Karl Cooper"
wrote:

Where, statistically, in the UK (excluding the Channel Islands) is the
driest, warmest, sunniest, least windy place in winter?

Here, dammitall. The Solent area!

But seriously, I'd say it's probably somewhere on or near the coast
between Brighton, Isle of Wight and Poole.

Eastbourne may also be a contender, thanks to the shelter provided by
Beachy Head when the wind is in the SW..

snipped the remainder, which is pretty much what I had been going to
write myself
--
John Hall
"If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts;
but if he will be content to begin with doubts,
he shall end in certainties." Francis Bacon (1561-1626)

"Ken Cook" wrote in message
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"Karl Cooper" wrote in message
...
Where, statistically, in the UK (excluding the Channel Islands) is the
driest, warmest, sunniest, least windy place in winter?

Hi, Carl,

In winter, one of the driest and sunniest places, surprisingly enough,
is NE England. This is because of the prevalent SW'lies and rain shadow
effect. ( A flow off the North Sea, like today, though, is a different
story!)

NE England is not, however, the warmest and calmest!

And the same applies to the Aberdeen area in winter. Although there are
fewer hours when the sun is above the horizon, the total monthly sunshine
for December and January would seem to be second only to such places as
Torbay, so proportionally, Aberdeen is a much sunnier location. I lived in
the Aberdeen area for five years, and can certainly vouch for the amount of
winter sun. But as Ken Cook says about NE England, it is most certainly not
warm around Aberdeen. But both my wife and I much preferred the winter
climate to here in South Cambridgeshire where we now live.

Jack

"Ken Cook" wrote in message...

Hi, Carl,

In winter, one of the driest and sunniest places, surprisingly enough,
is NE England. This is because of the prevalent SW'lies and rain shadow
effect. ( A flow off the North Sea, like today, though, is a different
story!)

NE England is not, however, the warmest and calmest!

ATB,

Hi Cen!

I realised of course, after I'd posted, that no single place would have the
'best' of everything. The definition 'least wintry' is too subjective.

However there might just be a tree lined south facing valley garden in or
near Lymington which nearly fits the bill!

Do you benefit from a fohn effect as in Aberdeenshire?

Karl, Orkney