There was an article in the local paper the other day saying that this has
been the driest January for 100 years! Temps on Sunday never allowed the
ice on the pond to melt, yesterday it never rose above 3C and today has been
a positively balmy 4C and grey, grey, grey.
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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
)

yeah true dry, frozen brass monkeys ;-)

"Sacha" wrote in message
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There was an article in the local paper the other day saying that this has
been the driest January for 100 years! Temps on Sunday never allowed the
ice on the pond to melt, yesterday it never rose above 3C and today has
been
a positively balmy 4C and grey, grey, grey.
--

Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
)

He He He...... 20 degrees blue sky and lots of sun........ (ducks and
runs for cover)
Mind you there was snow 10km away at the weekend, apparently loads of
people went from the coast to see it and walk in it, but it was too
cold????? and they soon decided to go back home. Locals enjoyed it from
their houses.

Mike in Spain...

On 1/2/06 17:14, in article
,
" wrote:

He He He...... 20 degrees blue sky and lots of sun........ (ducks and
runs for cover)
Mind you there was snow 10km away at the weekend, apparently loads of
people went from the coast to see it and walk in it, but it was too
cold????? and they soon decided to go back home. Locals enjoyed it from
their houses.

You can go off people, you know..... ;-)
--

Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
)

In article ,
stevej wrote:
yeah true dry, frozen brass monkeys ;-)

Not really. While it has been dry, it has been cold only by the
standards of the past 10 years - which have been unusually warm.
Up to about a decade ago, it was usually MUCH colder at least once
in January.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

Nick Maclaren wrote:
Not really. While it has been dry, it has been cold only by the
standards of the past 10 years - which have been unusually warm.
Up to about a decade ago, it was usually MUCH colder at least once
in January.

Glad you think that too. I can remember the early 80s here in Manc
being -5 for weeks in February and not being able to sleep for the heat
in May of the same decade. There will inevitably be differences of
temperatures between years, even decades, but I think comparing one 6th
of Feb with another 6th of Feb two years later and stating it's colder
than a decade ago gets me a bit mad.

Here in the heart of the country, it didn't manage to climb above -1C
today after falling away to -4C last night. The local forecast suggests
it may stay below freezing for another 36 hours but still no sign of
snow! There is one consolation for the cold dry weather, clearing up
the dogs presents left in the garden is a lot easier - hard as rocks!!!


Hadleigh
www.gardenoasis.co.uk
Tamworth