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It just shows with the BFTE in 2018 that extreme cold still can occur in these times. IIRC it was the coldest upper air temps to engulf the UK since at least Feb 1991. If only it happened a month earlier in late Jan rather than late Feb can you imagine wow. Would've given Jan 1987 a run for its money.

Wouldn't get too down beat about no snow yet. November is still quite early anyway even though we had it at the end of last November but it's not usually a yearly thing unless your half way up a mountain. Cold is par of the course after the winter solstice normally. What's that saying as the days grow longer the cold gets stronger.

I've always kissed my dogs, of course you get a sloppy lick back but that's an indication of giving affection back. They appreciate you. More than can be said for some human family members!

Pretty warm indoors too. Without any heating it's 19C in the lounge not far off November which is pretty good. Not that I'm complaining as it will save on the energy bill but hopefully after mid November we can get something more seasonal.

Decent useable day today, rain tonight and then very mild over the next few days and tentative signs of it turning a wee bit colder as we move into November but nothing jaw dropping as of yet. Let's not forget even the fantastic 2009-2010 Winter we didn't get the first snows until the middle of December. Which then set the scene for the rest of the Winter.

Depends where you are in the region though. Had a couple of snow coverings in those first two winters you mention that brought more than just a dusting as seen below. Had a decent fall in March 2016 too. Not winter technically speaking though but not far off. In pictures: Snow turns Oldham into winter wonderland - Manchester Evening News WWW.MANCHESTEREVENINGNEWS.CO.UK Snow has been falling across the borough and you've been sending us your pictures of the scenes where you live. Chaos under a blanket of snow WWW.OLDHAM-CHRONICLE.CO.UK Traffic chaos, suspended bus services and the closure of around 80 local schools followed the fall of up to 30cm of...

Only decent fall of snow here last winter, well technically it was Autumn was the few inches we had at the back end of November. The winter itself though one of the poorest ever, right up there with 2013-14. Albeit less stormy than that winter. It's just alarming that two of the most rubbish winters of my lifetime have occurred within 10 years of each other. At least in the "mild phase" of the late 1990s to late 2008 we had topplers that gave an inch or two a few times in those winters. Nowadays even that's getting hard to come by!

Yes although we are a bit of a way from other houses our dog can hear fireworks in the distance. They have better ears than us and she hates it. Hides under the kitchen table bless her despite the economy people seem to have plenty of money for fireworks

Get the BBQ out

In Mont de Marsan where my cousin went to live a few years back it's been the mid to high 20's over the last few days with much more to come this week. Summer just doesn't want to give up down there.

Same here. Not mowing mine anymore. I did it the other day and I'm adamant I won't be getting the mower out again until at least late March. If it grows it grows but hopefully it shouldn't do a great deal now that daylight is increasingly ebbing away. Of course if it stays very mild and we get a lot of rain it might do!

Feb 2005 was pretty decent round here in an otherwise mediocre early winter. Most of the snowfalls were fleeting mind you mostly occurring at night before melting during the day but one snowfall occurred during the day that brought 5 inches. I had to stay off work as the lane wasn't treated here. It was a better single fall than the late Dec 2000 one which was around 3 inches. At least in this locale.

Wouldn't surprise me. Once that menacing Azores high sets up shop in Europe we're toast. It seems to a common theme! But all the while burying the likes of the Greek islands in snow on it's eastern flank as cold air wraps around it from the north.

Miserable day with some persistent rain some of it rather heavy but useful for the reservoirs for sure. Good to get this out the way now with hopefully drier colder weather setting in sometime next month but this is probably wishful thinking!

Very windy here. Bins blown over amongst other objects. Pretty unusual to get an easterly gale like this. I have nothing to my east though here....no houses so the wind just funnels through the Medlock valley from off the hills.