Erdem

The records over last 30 years or so show mild December and Jan is usually then followed by a mild Feb , relentless persistence of pattern

Yes I'm afraid for cold fans , the Outlook is as poor as possible

Well the stats suggest it has been normal for UK , late eighties , late nineties and several consecutive similar types in New millenium

It's a real shame , sorry that the forecast you made has not worked out

Yes , a very mild run taking us to middle of Jan , very well set Euro High

My parents cannot believe I can be in England in winter and not need to have heating on or coat when I go out

One of the guys on TWO is saying he has never seen such mild ensembles in 20 years , it's a remarkable persistence of pattern , and it seems it happens more and more often .

Thanks snowray , I only looked at the temp numbers and it's clear , that for W Europe and even more so for UK and Ireland , there has been dramatic change since late eighties

Ok , of course +NAO is normal but surely 'default' is not near record breaking , which January could be.

Plenty of snow around in Turkey too , it's such a shame for the UK how things have changed

I think battleground snow would be unlikely because we have such a warm continent - south easterlies would not be cold enough ?

? Teapot

Yes , I would think 16 or 17 is possible for SE. I'm now trying to understand this large teapot theory

Looking at some of the temperatures for last 30 years then , for snow fans , many of these winter's must have been in the realms of the worst

Yes , incredible and the models suggest another very mild period for the mid month so the Jan temp record could come under threat .