I really hope we're not looking at a cold March. There is absolutely nothing more annoying after a mild, damp winter than a cold, damp spring.
Originally Posted by: Bolty
So do I as I would much rather be getting in with spring now, rather than being thrown backwards into winter.
However, most of us would probably also like to see a decent summer after that and it turns out that the last two really cold Marches which we had in 2013 and 2018 were actually followed by decent summers, albeit with a cool start to the summer of 2013.
However, that raises quite a big question of why it is that we can so easily get a hot and dry summer after a really cold March but can never get a cold winter after a really warm (or even hot) September these days.
March and September at the exact opposite ends of the year from each other and so, those two scenarios of a cold March followed by a hot summer and a hot September followed by a cold winter should be the exact opposite scenarios of each other on paper.
Because of that, you would think that the chances of either or those two scenarios occurring would be roughly equal on average and yet, that is clearly not actually the case these days.
Of course, I'm sure that a lot of people will probably jump on the bandwagon with this and totally blame all of that on climate change.
Indeed, I'm sure that climate change has probably played some part in that which might well be quite significant. However, I don't believe that all of that can entirely be put down to climate change as I'm sure that there is probably at least one other factor behind that in addition to climate change.
Of course, there are others on this forum who will no doubt have more knowledge than me on this subject (I'm not a professional meteorologist or climatologist after all, and am only a weather enthusiast at the end of the day) so if anyone else on here can answer that question as to why we can so easily get a hot summer after a cold March these days but can't seem to be able to get a cold winter after a hot September, I will be more than happy to hear all about that.
The north of Edinburgh, usually always missing out on snow events which occur not just within the rest of Scotland or the UK, but also within the rest of Edinburgh.