We've had prolonged spells of months go by where the weather in large parts of the UK could be described thusly - be it nominally winter or summer. Or, indeed, April.

I think Spring has sprung today and I've actually enjoyed it because the sun has shone for the first time in ages and apart from a stiff breeze this morning, it's been calm and very mild.  It's still 11.3c and it's 9.30pm.  I wouldn't mind mild so much if it were always like this and not grey, damp and foggy like the past few weeks.

Another day of rain, wind and dark grey gloomy skies. Just want some sun, pleasee. It's been about 6 weeks of this exact same weather every single day and there's no end in sight. I'd love for even some dynamic polar maritime weather which has been almost non-existent.

Lovely time for sunset with blue sky and sun edged clouds   ......    Could do with this far more often..   Pleasant .....Not moaning about this the present conditions......

Even had the moon shine through thin cloud. Not all that bad today.

As an aside, both this day in 2009 and 2010 started with snow on the ground in Alton.

Easterlies brought snow overnight in 2009.

In 2010, a feature moving along the Channel brought 7cm of snow just after dawn. This caused chaos at London's airports during the day.

Seems a long time ago now

    Did I just say that? 

Still remember  "63".....

Tell you the one advantage of this mild spell = reduced condensation indoors.

Whenever it does get properly cold, I crank up the heating and then there is terrible condensation on prone corners of walls and windows due to "cold bridging". The only way to combat it is to keep the heating down, allow a couple of windows and wall vents open to let the air circulate indoors, that then makes it feel more draughty indoors and a waste on heating costs through heat loss. Or invest in a dehumidifier.
My house doesn't suffer with rising damp but does have lots of "cold pockets" where condensation forms and have to be careful that mould doesn't take a hold.

This year had new wall cavity fillings of polystyrene balls.   That has helped keep damp away. Also TWO new vents going from lounge and bathroom in the bungalow directly through the roof.   We live on a  hill crest and no sun is seen at the rear during winter facing north.

Still a lot of greyness around and still very mild.  I'd just like it to snow for a couple of days at Christmas and I don't think that's too much to ask of the weather gods. 

It'd be wonderful to set a record, or near-record cold month during one of the summer months - it'd be payback for the November and December we've endured. Sadly for me I very much doubt it'll happen!

A cold and snowy Easter wouldn't surprise me though as for the first time in my life I'll be out of the country at the time!

Nailed on!

I think your suggestion of a cold Easter could be the one.  If only December 2015 synoptics could be repeated in June 2016....

It already a payback after a cool to cold summer especially at the end we had so unlikely next year a repeat of coolness with Europe return to normality and UK back to normal with occasional hot spells.

Heating turned down...Jumper   off.... Short sleeve shirt on.  If it was not for the wind I would have shorts on.

I agree Darren

Easter is early next year , so there is a chance

It was an average summer, not a cool or cold one:

June     14.0     -0.2     
July     15.9     -0.1     
August     15.9     0.1

I can only imagine the uproar on here if we were to get a June, for example, which was 4C below normal! Sadly for me, that's pretty much impossible - we can get really mild months in winter, no problem, but really cold months in summer... forget it.

The repulsive, soul-destroying gloom and doom rolls on and on with day after day of the same depressing coma-inducing dross

Temperature fell no lower than 10.8C which is just vile and the highest min since 28th October. 1.8 hours of sun since Monday with every day seeing daytime darkness at some point. It is absolutely horrific 

With only two frosts and all the gloom this has to be the worst start to winter I can remember along with 1997. 1988 and 1994 were far milder but much more pleasant being dry and bright with winds more from the SW than the S and even the 2002 horror show had a frosty spell by now.

Given up looking for a change from this filth. Seems impossible to get normal changeable, varied weather anymore

   keep the coming rich. have a  good Christmas  

Nice one Rich!"

Seems to be mild in N, America most of Europe too. But this is horrible - yet another day of mild and wet weather but this time it's almost +16c instead of 13c, 14c or 15c. Utterly disgusting outside! - Couldn't get worse even if it tried. This is December and we have not had one frosty day - I think the coldest night was around 8c back on 2nd or 3rd December but even that was mild for night time. That's an average day time. It should be around 7c here. Temperatures have been almost 10c above normal. Just so erratic and unseasonal.

This followed the mildest December on record in 1934, May 1935 and we know what famously followed the mildest December on record of 1974.