hillbilly

A cold dry day after a frosty start with a chilly breeze in the afternoon,max 5 deg ,min -1 deg

A dry day with plenty of sunshine,cold,max 7 deg,min 1 deg

Yes ,brought back memories of winters I grew up in from the mid 70's to the late 80's,great to have snow back on the ground for more than a few days that we were all getting used to .Such a shame the wind couldn't get up to produce bigger drifts which would have been memorable but beaten into second place in recent winters by march 2013 which had less snow but what drifts !

I was fortunate enough to witness December 1981 which in this area was colder [average -1 deg][local met office data] had more snow and unlike December 2010 had enormous drifts !

A cloudy ,cold and dry day,calm,max 5 deg,min 2 deg

A frosty start leaving a calm sunny morning clouding in the afternoon ,max 5 deg,min -1 deg

A hard frost giving a mainly sunny day but cold,max 5 deg,min -2deg

A groundfrost to start leaving a dry and mainly sunny day,fairly calm,max 6 deg,min 1 deg

A mainly dry day with some sunshine in the morning,a few light showers early and later on ,max 6 deg,min 2 deg

A dull day with constant drizzle and light rain with a strong wind throughout,very mild,max 11 deg,min 7 deg

Average for this area gives 1.9 for march 2013 and 1.75 for march 1947 which would have been subzero above 300m around here !

Strong winds overnight and throughout the day with light showers and drizzle,max 7 deg,min 6 deg

A cold frosty start ,sunny until mid morn ,increasing wind with light rain arriving mid afternoon becoming heavier and milder later,max 6 deg,min 0 deg

I guess anything can happen but just when I thought we were getting back to more 'Normal' winters we seem to be hit with this exceptionally mild one and that of 13/14.We can adjust periods instead of calendar months to manipulate figures but you only need to go back a couple of decades to see a different picture.Maybe I was blessed being brought up but the period 1975 to 1987 had 13 sub 3 deg months in 12 winters but only 5 in the last 19 years and that is how I remember winters to be .Maybe some of these were lucky in how the cold periods landed but you cannot take away the overall pattern.Am sure there are historical periods that are topsy turvey and un seasonal but in my 40+ years I do not recall such mildness in winter hardly distinguished by the summer just gone with almost every weekly forcast with constant atlantic fronts lined up .

Could be in for a long wait with only jan,feb ,dec 2010 and march 13 the only representatives in almost 20 years.It is certainly not going to be this year we may be back to the mild period similar to the 1996 to 2008 period !!

A cold and frosty start,sunny,then briefly misty,sunny again before clouding in afternoon with some snow showers late afternoon,max 5 deg,min 0 deg

5.2 deg

Rain in the morning with a showery afternoon,windy at times,max 5 deg,min 3 deg

A keen frost to start leaving a mainly sunny dry day but clouding later,max 4 deg,min -2.5 deg

A very light dusting of snow and frosty start,a sunny morning and cloudy afternoon,breezy for a while,cold,max 4 deg ,min 0 deg

Buy some decent curtains,it does not wake me up and have no problem when I have to go to bed early either !

You obviously come from a line of miners !

A cold ,dry,calm day with some sunny spells,just a few brief snow flurries,max 4 deg min 1 deg

A cold cloudy day with a shower of sleet in the morning,max 4 deg,min 2 deg

The daylight is about the same now as it was when the clocks are changed in October,a shame they cannot be changed forward now instead of having to wait another 6 weeks !