Aberdeen at guess? Compared with other parts of Scotland and N England we have little to complain about here.

A very nasty period of weather in these area and some parts (Cumbria) may be about to have serious flooding issues. 

Mind you, he could be the Manchester United equivalent of a weather fan, and actually live in Bristol or the likes 

Forecast for here has been cocked up . It was meant to be cloudy....apart from a little high cloud, it's sunshine al the way. Expecting another mild one, at around 24/25C again. Sigh! 

i love Lanzarote, spent three weeks there in November and the weather was fantastic, the flip side to a strong North Atlantic jet is High Pressure in the Canary Islands and it's bliss.

Going back in mid March and looking forward to an early taste of summer.

Andy

Dry for a change but windy, so hubby had fun barrowing the load of logs but I was OK stacking them in the store. 

You're definitely gloating JB and I'm definitely jealous!!

Yep me too!

Had a full month of this now!

Surprised this thread dropped of the first page.

2 weeks till the shortest day, noticed yesterday how it got dark so quick after a gloomy but mild day, was about 3.40pm. Looks like we will get into Single figures towards the end of the week.

The trouble with mild weather is it's generally accompanied by cloud.  It's getting a bit boring now and making the days even shorter than they could be.  It was very dark this morning.  I went out half an hour later than usual and it was darker than usual.  I'd like some bright, crisp mornings.

Repulsive start to winter. Yet another soul destroying day of ultra depressing gloom and drizzle. Raining day in day out with no frost and very little sunshine. Two horrific nights of vile winds rattling away, in the past week, that kept me awake and it's started up again now with rain lashing against the window and a ridiculous temp of 10.4C. Feel tired all the time and just want to hibernate. The dross is just relentless. There's just nothing remotely acceptable in the outlook. Every single day looks full of the same crap

Worst start to a winter since 2002 here and in light of the horrifying events in Cumbria must rate as the worst start ever for the UK as a whole. Utterly repellent and that's now three years out of four that people have been flooded out just before Christmas somewhere in the UK

Ahhh, Richard!  There you are!  I was beginning to think you'd emigrated.  

When is normal winter going to happen ???? Fed up with the mildness. ....

Exactly. Can I moan about winter when it hasn't even felt like winter? 

Yes, because it is winter! 

I'm going to bed 

At this rate the Christmas Turkey will be cooked on the BBQ if it's not raining 

Erm this is normal,admitadly temperatures are very high but the default setting for the uk is mild winters and cool summers.

Freezing cold and scorching heat are exeptions.

Personally id love it if this continued for the next 3 months

Would be nice to have a clear night to haze at the stars. Just wishful thnklng lately....🌃🌌

I am going to start an online petition that this winter weather is outrageous and completely unacceptable and it should be banned from the UK along with Donald Trump and Donald Duck (since it is weather for ducks)!

As I have said before, I have never heard anyone say "at least it is cold" but, when wet, I have often heard them say "at least it isnt snowing".

Obviously rain of the like Cumbria has seen of late is not welcome by anyone.

But most people will be glad of the mild weather, and happy not to see any ice all winter.


That said, it is an interesting fact that more people die in mild winters than very cold winters - (in part) because in the later, vulnerable people know it is cold and react accordingly.


On a personal note, I have sufferred bad sleep of late due to the very warm nights ......  

Paul Simons in The Times reporting a date record for Dec 7th, 16.4C at Gogerddan near Cardigan (and for good measure, an overnight temp on 7/8th of 12.8C at Yeovil)

Well, at least my heating bill will be minimal

Since December 2010 we have had ONE proper snowfall, in January 2013 (by my definition a snowfall is more than 1 inch of lying snow). Don't think we had this bad a run even in the dark days of the 90s. I know it's early this winter looking at all the signs, El Nino etc, I'm not optimistic it will buck the trend. Hope I'm wrong.

Feel there is going to be a crash at some point but I bet it will come when nobody wants it eg. mid Feb 98 and the wintry crash of mid Apr 98.

There was no crash with winter 2013-14 as such but there was no really exceptionally mild spell that winter. That was persistent mildness and averageness with virtually no cold.