My Mum's birthday was on the 15th of January and tradionally, that has tended to be quite a good time for snow in this part of the world in the past. Sadly though, there was never any chance of that happening this time and it really sucks that we still can't snow here even now, at the very time when the vast majority of people on this forum have been getting that in their own area, even down in the south of England.
I live right close to the east coast and although this isn't perhaps an area which is as coastal as the likes of Aberdeen in terms of our exposure to any winds from off the North Sea, this area is coastal enough for that to have such a big impact on what snow we get to the extent that in previous winters, I would frequently see a lot of cars coming into the city which have been topped by deep snow, whilst we have had nothing at all here (that is something which I haven't seen happen here during the last couple or so winters though).
Nevertheless, this is Scotland that I live in. I live a lot further north than those people in the south who have been getting it recently and so, I have a right to expect to be getting it here as well (for the same reason that I would expect the south of England to get above 30°C during the summer, but not expect that here), despite our coastal and low lying location. That is what is making the fact that we are still completely snowless here during this winter feel even worse.
Furthermore, Richard from Aberdeen still complains about not getting enough snow in his area, but he at least got a bit of snow during that fairly recently northerly shot which is still better than nothing and therefore, more that what we have had here which has amounted to absolute zulch!!
Originally Posted by: johncs2016