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Relativistic

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  1. I started taking note of the weather in 2010. Of every year since then, it has to be 2018 -- not only because of the weather but also because of how life events tied in with it. I have next to zero memory of January and February (bar the final few days of that period). Early March was stonkingly cold and snowy back in my then Birmingham. Think we topped out at around -4°C on the 1st, which is almost unthinkable in March. Later that month we had another excellent snow event which coincided with a drunken ball night. I won't ever forget stumbling home with a mate in full black tie at God knows what time. It was pristinely quiet and beautiful, or it would've been had it not been for the two of us laughing our arses off every time we ended up face first in the snow. April featured that phenomenal early heat which I also have fond memories of. It was made all the more strange by the fact that the trees were completely bare after the bone-chilling weather in March. May was another month that goes down in my memory because it was the only time in my life that I witnessed flash flooding. Two hours of non-stop heavy rainfall meant that roads were underwater and the Bourne brook near my house had turned from a calm trickle to a raging, roaring torrent. My eyes and ears simply weren't prepared for that. The sheer noise and ferocity of the thing was completely unforgettable. Otherwise, May on the whole was extremely sunny -- perfectly timed for my Master's-year exam period, which I spent almost all of inside. My exams were over by early June and I had a glorious month of partying, barbequing, and summery weather to enjoy. The remainder of the summer was bone dry and searingly hot in Essex, where I spent most of my time. The grass in the local park was brown and dessicated for weeks and weeks. It's not uncommon for browning in the summer down in Essex, but that was on an incomparable level of severity and protraction to anything I've ever witnessed before. My memory becomes hazy thereafter. I moved to Edinburgh in September to begin my PhD and the remainder of the year is a blur because I spent half of it drunk
  2. Re the English low, see Aleman's post a couple of pages back: England possibly got a -15C out of this.
  3. Anyone know the minima for each UK country? Also, how did Ireland do?
  4. Agree, some are really underselling this cold spell. I love snow but as long as it feels and looks Arctic outside I'm happy. I've seen some of the thickest frosts of my life during this spell; it's been nothing but beautiful. Ten consecutive subzero means is somewhat rare, especially this early in the season.
  5. Impressive when considered in this context. Not the best comparison to make, but another interesting statistic is the fact that this December's current mean minimum would place it fifth in the rankings. This, of course, won't last.
  6. This is only true if the sun's shining. We had lying snow for around a week in Essex after the equinox in 2013. On a separate note, I find myself laughing hysterically at the first 'winter is over' posts already appearing. And some posters seem absolutely certain that it'll be extremely mild till early January... over two weeks away.
  7. I arrived in Chelmsford last night and the conditions were treacherous on the roads to the north, freezing fog everywhere and extremely cold as you mentioned.
  8. The Netweather tracker currently has Benson at -13°C. Would beat England's previous low if correct.
  9. January 2013 had a run of eight days on both the legacy and current values. Before that you're looking at December 2010 for a longer run. Just to reiterate what others have already said in the December CET thread, yesterday's mean was -2.0C, thus securing our five-day run (AFAIK the current values aren't subject to corrections).
  10. Four consecutive subzero means now (-1.1, -0.8, -0.5, -1.5). Could potentially get another six, thus giving a healthy run of ten days.
  11. Yesterday was our first subzero mean. The official mean hasn't yet been released, but the min was -5.1°C and the max 3.0°C, so -1.0°C or -1.1°C. Could get a decent run out of this.
  12. CET min of -5.1°C, imagine that's a top 5 for the date and possibly a top 3 behind 1879 and 2010. The min and max today would have the mean below zero. Should be the start of a decent run.
  13. Completely agree. There's plenty to enjoy about crisp, cold, frosty days. I'll be happy regardless of whether or not there's any snow.
  14. November confirmed as 9.2C: https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/hadobs/hadcet/data/meantemp_monthly_totals.txt
  15. Perhaps I'll be proven wrong, but I can't help but feel that at some point, perhaps in the next decade, we will see a brutal shot of November cold.. PV formation heading into late Autumn seems to be more and more perturbed as the years go on due to ever-increasing excess heat post-Summer*, whilst cold can still build further north as the polar night falls. Our default position in these setups is undoubtedly in mild sectors, but at some point one of these crazy perturbations has to become reality? Thoughts? *Please let me know if this is a recency bias!
  16. Indeed... with some exceptions maxima have been in the 17-22C range this summer. It had been very dry up until recently, though.
  17. Feeling pretty sombre about all this to be completely honest.
  18. Not confirmed yet, still provisional. Not to say the record won't go anyway.
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