Yet another day of exceptional mild, dark, gloomy grey skies and pouring rain. Have had the lights on since 1pm. Just 4 hours of sun this month. There has been 16 sunless days.

2 of the greatest summers ever!

1935 was in the top 13% of summers temperature-wise, in the CET. And, yes- 1975 was good.

You didn't mention the unusual combination of a very warm Nov and some records in Dec in the same year- 1994 of course. August 1995 is top of the pops.

It has gotten gusty again because it is time to try and sleep..Very noisy going through the trees.

I've a got that awful feeling that this winter like the last few around here is going to be one of chasing shadows in the outer reaches of FI, with winter finally showing its hand come March-May, and if that wasn't bad enough a thoroughly depressing summer to follow due the strong Nina expected. Maybe we should write off 2016 now.

I'm sure some people already have. 

Blue skies and sunshine     Think I will cut the grass later!

Thats what it is in the sky , I did wonder .

Me too as this week looks wet wet wet

It will be colder in March than it has been this December

I am now totally convinced that the +384 on GFS is an antagonistic intelligent  life-form that sadistically preys on hope. I get at that range it would be reckoned to be inaccurate- random even; however...

I wish someone would do a stat analysis on the number of times 384 looks promising, then the promising bit goes to 384 for the next couple of days before disappearing again. Nothing random about that; behind the veil of good synoptics slithers a vicious, venomous viperine.

Spring happened this morning.....Sun thing shines and it is mild. Only Winter Solstice on Tuesday....

Back to usual cloud, showers and gusts. Still 5.2c above my average.

Holy Mary mother of God, the sun has come out here. First time in about 2 weeks. I'd forgotten what that strange firey ball in the sky was.

Next sighting sometime next year June I imagine.

Been sunny all day here.

lawn cut.  Back door open

Must be nearly Easter?

Just when the hell is this ridiculously unpleasant, unnatural, abnormal, excruciatingly boring **** going to end? 

Not gone below 8C for 4 days which is just incredulous. Even more ridiculous than the hideous mild spell in December 2013. The vile, nasty wind is back again and rattling away with temperature stuck on 8.7C and varied less than a degree all day. A temperature profile that used to occur only under the grimmest of easterlies but is pretty much the norm now no matter what 

This utterly vile month just shows that there are no boundaries as to how low the weather can sink in this country.  Every single day apart from last Sunday I would score 0/10. Torturous, monotonous and unpleasant in the extreme

Things can only get better

It feels quite cold outside but I'm not acclimatised to temps as low as the current 6.7c.

Awful for sleeping last night.  The wind was playing havoc with the open bedroom window but it was too warm to close it.  Doors blowing open, blinds rattling.  So I got up just after 4am, put the bedding in the washer and had it out on the line and dry before it got light! 

I's so glad it's cooler tonight because I need some sleep otherwise I'll need to see Richard's therapist.  

Just coming from the patio. The cloud starting to cover the stars. Condensation on the scope tube so I came in  Did wish to be out there until 23:00. No such luck. Suppose I was lucky having a clear spell .Do not know when the next will be. How a! I going to see the sledge ridding about......🚀

Yes it does seem rather odd ,  9c felt chilly today