February 2013 CET (2012/13 Competition)

[summer blizzard]

Change mine to 3.4C, just 1C below the 1981-2010 average.

[LomondSnowstorm]

2.6C - mild-average start, absolutely bitter middle, trending warm and dry by the end.

Edited January 26, 2013 by LomondSnowstorm

[mikeocarroll]

3.8c

[Ice BIast]

I will try 3.1c.

Edited January 26, 2013 by lce Blast

[UV-RAY]

6.2c for me please.

[Guest pjl20101]

3.2 and generally a wetter than average month.

[Bobd29]

I'll take a stab at 1.9, average start then progressively bitterly cold with no real respite the last 2/3rds...who knows?

[Paul T]

2.8

[The PIT]

Lets go for 4.5 close to average.

[Relativistic]

I really don't know, but I'll go for 2.5C. I'm hoping for much lower though.

[Snowstorm1]

2.9c

[mike Meehan]

4.8C

[Terminal Moraine]

As a compromise between my heart and my head I'll go for 0.0c

[Summer of 95]

My gut instinct is that it's going to be a drossy mild one; Feb rarely seems like a true winter month any more even since the 2007 change, the 2001-12 average compared to 81-10 and 71-00 shows this trend well. So 5.2 for me please.

[A Winter's Tale]

4.2C please

[saintkiptanui]

I'm waiting for Rogers prediction, then we will know if his extreme febuary is still on the cards

[Harve]

3.9c, very slightly warmer than January. Perhaps having a similar feel, although the mild start won't be quite so mild but the potentially cold middle won't be quite as cold (or prolonged).

[Alex]

3.9c for me please, a chilly NW flow followed by possibly an anticyclone over the UK and this then slipping south to allow some warmer southwesterlies later in month.

[Sunlover]

4.4 for me please

[seabreeze86]

2.9 for me, average start and cold to very cold after mid month

[cheeky_monkey]

4.2c average kind of month no extreme cold no extreme mild either

[Norrance]

3.4c. Cool but not cold.

[StretfordEnd1996]

3.99, nothing cold prolonged perhaps but then again nothing mild at all.

Although then again, is it actually possible to have constant average temperatures with no notable swings all the way through?!!!

The reason my prediction is below average is because there will be some NW'lies or N'lies as we head through which can prop up anytime from 1st-28th ... this, coupled with the fact I cannot see anything like prolonged mild, is the cause of my slightly below average prediction. (let's not forget, average doesn't mean mild).

Maybe some perhaps higher than average chances of a notable longer cold spell (in line with the Met Office's 16-30 day forecast) ... whether this will be a long period of slightly cool temperatures with some NW/N'lies (as mentioned above), or a long period of very below average temperatures (like January) remains to be seen ...

back to my prediction though I am sticking to 3.99, any huge difference would be an average ending up below this prediction (i.e 1-2'C) rather than an average ending up above this prediction (i.e 5-6'C) in my opinion.

Edited January 28, 2013 by SnowySouthPennines

[virtualsphere]

1.6C for me please.

[Barry12]

4.2C if you wouldn't mind.

Edited January 28, 2013 by Barry95