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Posted by pnbrown z6.5 MA (My Page) on Sat, Apr 8, 06 at 18:01
| We hear that britain and europe are having a much colder than normal winter. Is that true in england? A possible reason is that supposedly there has been a recent shift of the gulfstream by hundreds of miles.
We've had one of our mild winters here after four severe ones, so I think we deserve and gladly accept a little increased proximity to the stream. Sorry to steal your heat though (if necessary in future, use the old Mainer's dodge of moving into one's kitchen for the winter). It may prove to be the only good thing our current administration has achieved - a bumbling and unwitting augmentation of global climate change with it's predicted shift of warming from merry old england to new.
Still, if I were you, I'd send them a bill for your increased home-heating costs as well as any palm trees or other exotics you've lost from your sheltered gardens. Can't hurt. Just bear in mind that they will likely cite Gilbert White's diary in their own defence and rebuttal of global warming.
Probably next year we'll be freezing our bollucks off and ya'll will be frolicking in amenable frost-free times once again.
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| Britain has had its coldest winter for, depending how you calculate it, perhaps ten years. Certainly colder where I am than anything since 1995/96. But to put it in context, the winter has still been consistently warmer than the average of 1961-1990 which is the benchmark used in many meteorological comparisons. From a personal standpoint, it does shock the system to have hard freezes in November and snow in April, quite unheard of for the last few years. |
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| Here in the northern side of the UK, I wouldn't say the winter has been much harsher than normal, only it's lasting a bit longer than I'm used to. Usually at this time of year it's a bit warmer and there's less chance of a frost.. Seems to be that folks in the South are noticing it more, maybe? Melanie |
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| We're on the south coast and it's a little colder and drier than the last couple of years although still not as cold as other years. Trouble is people get used to it being warmer and then people and the media like to trot out goodness knows what nonsense figuresabout it being the coldest, hottest, wettest, driest, warmest, windiest .........etc since the last time. Even here though the last frost date can be in June despite what the winter was like in winter. |
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| It's not surprising if the winter in the north hasn't been harsher, as statistically the south got the colder-than-average temps. I certainly found it a colder than average winter in London (average over the last decade, that is) and my daffs have flowered later than last year. I wonder if the may blossom will be out by the May bank holiday, or whether that will be delayed too? The Met office say that this weather pattern has nothing to do with the gulf stream, by the way. |
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| My February gold daffodils were 5 weeks later than last year here in North Somerset. It's also been very dry up until a few weeks ago. |
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| Hree (northeast England) the early winter (Nov) was cold but not exceptional, and the middle (Dec-Feb) mild, with very little frost. March was well below normal throughout (coldest month of the winter, lots of snow and light frosts on most nights), with no spring-like weather at all but also no really severe frosts either. April has not been a lot better, distinctly cool. Net result is that tender plants survived no problem, with the lack of any severe freezes, but spring is well behind normal. Resin |
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