Weather winter 2010/2011

[Anthony Darby]

We've had our lowest UK December average with -1^oC (that's minus 1) since records began in 1910, but 2010 was the warmest world average on record.

[daveyp1970]

i have just got a phone call to say my house is flooded,pipes in the loft have burst,god bless my friend Tom who's been in and stopped the water. :-[I'm presently at my sisters and now got to go home and start the clear up,I'm really not looking forward to it.BLOODY WEATHER

[Maggi Young]

Bad luck, Davey..... hope the damage isn't too bad.

[David Nicholson]

Hard luck Dave, hope the insurance was paid up and they pay out promptly.

[mark smyth]

Weather here was on average -0.6 in December. The first sub zero month since '63. The plus side it was the sunniest December since records began.

When did records begin?

[Colin]

A five week old thread with almost 9000 viewings and over 500 comments.  Who says we are not obsessed with weather?
No matter what happens it will still be around............................. so get used to it!

[Paul T]

Colin,

You sound upset with the topic?    If I find a topic I don't like I just don't view it.

[Colin]

Upset? never. Life is too short to be taken that seriously.  Maybe it is an antipodean thing but humour certainly varies the world over, just like the weather. So we accept it with good grace , even although it may be unfunny!!!!!!!!  My point was tongue in cheek but really, some people have no other topic than weather, don't you find?

I suppose the next we can expect is some buffoon suggesting we shall have global warning!

[Stephenb]

I suppose the next we can expect is some buffoon suggesting we shall have global warning!

I think that a global warning of impending global warming is in place...
(I felt the warmth of the sun for the first time since november on today's ski)

[Martin Baxendale]

Colin, I don't see how accepting a growing body of scientific evidence for global warming and climate change makes someone a buffoon.

[Paul T]

Upset? never. Life is too short to be taken that seriously.  Maybe it is an antipodean thing but humour certainly varies the world over, just like the weather. So we accept it with good grace , even although it may be unfunny!!!!!!!!  My point was tongue in cheek but really, some people have no other topic than weather, don't you find?

I suppose the next we can expect is some buffoon suggesting we shall have global warning!

Colin,

Your comment just sounded a bit too serious I guess, which was why I was concerned.  Glad you weren't upset.

Now that last comment is REALLY supposed to stir a hornet's nest, isn't it? 

[Philippe]

Spring is back, here in France...
We sometimes had today 15/16°C (!!) in the warmest parts of the north eastern lowlands of the country. Not very far away from the warmth records.
The snow cover in the moutains is really having hard times, and now, it's so far: after 6/7 weeks of perfect winter weather, the snow already rapidly disappears under 1500m.asl, and what falls from the sky is now only rain. Really bad thing for the alpines that were in dormance, they just get soaked with temperatures they are used to on some simply cool summer days...
No real improvement to expect: after a light "dry" and short temperature drop, trends are again on very mild days for the next week.

[Maggi Young]

Spring is back, here in France...
We sometimes had today 15/16°C (!!) in the warmest parts of the north eastern lowlands of the country.

It was minus 1 C here today..... am I bitter....... yeah, it's getting that way! 

[Colin]

MARTIN

I am now going to refrain from making any further comments about the weather because it is obviously a very serious matter to some people and therefore they have no room for humour on this subject

I respect their view and would defend their right to say so.... as they should mine

Off now to investigate reports of polar bears seen outside Fox's Glaciers Mints factory

[Martin Baxendale]

Humour is my job, and I do quite well out of it, recognise it when I see it and am happy to find room for it in all subjects. Your "buffoon" comment sounded like an insult, not humour.