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A lot of high cloud but it didn't spoil the view. Saw the whole thing. I'm buzzing right now! Nice prominence at four o'clock by the way.

Made it to Mazatlán in Mexico. Clear skies this evening, not sure about tomorrow. Crossing my fingers!

Glad to be in sunny Mexico at the moment, though it's supposed to be 27C in Slovakia on Sunday. Greetings from Puerto Vallarta on the Pacific coast:

Not wanting for sun here in Mexico at the moment; in fact there's too much off it (it's very strong). Here's the aptly-named Pyramid of the Sun at Teotihuacán, just outside Mexico City:

In Absence of True Seasons yes, you're spot on (Cancún). I'm in Mexico City now. High of 29C but much less humid than Cancún.

Don't think I've seen sea this blue before:

Greetings from Cancún in Mexico. It's already very sultry here - I can't imagine what August is like! I'm hoping to see the total solar eclipse in Mazatlán on 8th April.

damianslaw It wouldn't be so bad if winter hadn't been such a letdown but I feel like I'm still owed something wintry, especially after that diabolically-mild February. I'm getting bland 2014 vibes from this spring so far.

Forget the UK, I've practically given up on winters in my corner of Central Europe too. Having no snow since before Christmas, even above 500m, is simply horrendous. After a frustrating snowless "cold spell" in January, which only really brought one notably cold day (nothing special in the context of an entire winter), my patience was "rewarded" with the warmest February ever, a full 7C (seven) above average. At Slovakia's longest-running station (Hurbanovo, dating back to 1872) February this year actually matched the warmest ever March in terms of average temperature. Just shockingly, shockingly bad and with March looking like offering no wintry compensation. I need to move to the mountains.

Going back a bit but there's January 1795 (coldest CET month ever) and January 1796 (joint second-warmest January in the CET record). EDIT - just realised it's been mentioned, but it's worth mentioning twice so sod it!

Every day here since 3rd February has reached double figures; the lowest maximum all month has been 8.0C on the 1st. And the ten-dayer is just more of the same. What an unspeakably bad February and yet another complete fail of a winter, a diarrhoeal discharge straight from the devil's behind. How much more of this crap am I expected to take?

What a terrible winter this has turned into. Early December could have been excellent had it been a touch colder but as it was I mostly ended up with cold rain. Those same synoptics later in winter probably would have delivered but of course they haven't repeated in the slightest. I haven't seen snow since before Christmas and there isn't close to any on the horizon - an absolutely appalling situation. It's bad enough for Bratislava but what makes this winter truly abominable is the situation in the nearby Little Carpathians: I can usually rely on them for wintry walks when the city is snow-free but I haven't had a single opportunity since before Christmas. I can't put into words how vile that is. I was really hoping for something decent this winter - not necessarily amazing, just decent - after last year's luckless abomination. Sadly however a similar thing has happened this time round. Just bugger off.

Sadly turning into yet another failed winter here. No lying snow at all in January, which is absolutely appalling for my location, and nothing on the horizon. I've had no luck over the last two winters. No luck at all.

Depressing.

Beyond the scope of this thread but 1740 laughs in your faces with a Jan-Apr average of 1.5C. 1684 even managed 1.4C, though monthly averages are only calculated to the nearest 0.5C.