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| crazypj:
That sounds bad, British winters were never that severe when I was a kid and even up until the time I moved to Florida things never stayed bad for more than 10~12 days. I remember reading many years ago that the Gulf Stream was slowing and could even stop completely due to melting of ice in Greenland. Pretty sure it will be relatively easy to find with a basic Google search. Florida was getting maybe 1~2 days where temps were below zero (F) early in the mornings (probably around 4~7:00am) Last few years it's been getting colder for longer. Not expected to get much over 50F today and below zero overnight which is real unusual for February but not totally unheard of in weather records for las 100+ yrs Personally I find this weather great, bit like the 'nice' days you get sometimes in November in Britain (when it's not raining or overcast) Good luck with the weather, hope it improves soon (my bother is living in my house in South Wales, hopefully he'll keep it warm) |
| vtsteam:
Yes Andrew I was kinda looking forward to global warming, from a selfish perspective, here in Vermont. But since it's changed to "global climate change" I'm not sure I like the sound of that! They used to say we have 9 months of winter and 3 months of damn poor sledding here as a joke. I'm wondering if it will come true this year? In 1816 there really was no summer. Apparently low temps and heavy rain that year in GB, too. |
| awemawson:
These things have gone in cycles as long as records have been kept, and indeed longer where climatic variations can be deduced from other evidence. Sea levels have gone up and down like a yo-yo - in Roman times the end of our field was a harbour from which they exported locally produced iron pigs, but the nearest river isn't now navigable nearer than 10 miles away. After all the White Cliffs of Dover are shell deposits left on the seabed many millenia ago ! |
| Bigbadbugga:
Since November I think it's been below freezing around 5 times here near Liverpool. It snowed twice, once was a few inches and lasted around 12 hours, the other was 1/2 inch nd lasted an hour. Very very mild in my opinion. |
| DavidA:
Very mild here in West Yorkshire. Maybe a dozen mornings where I have had to scrape the screen so far. A couple of inch of snow on two occasions. I'm more concerned that we may get another very wet spring. Dave. |
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