[Misc] We're now halfway through the winter. But where is it?

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Hove Lagoonery

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• Jan 16, 2020

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Met Office counts winter as these three calendar months, so we have just entered the second half of it. Im middle aged but cant remember going anywhere near as far into winter with hardly any frosts. Its basically still Autumn, and if it stays like this how will the daffodils know when to come up??

 

Alba Badger

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• Jan 16, 2020

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Not long for daffys i have seen some sprouting in the local park. Early Feb if the frost stays away.

 

Knightsworld

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• Jan 16, 2020

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Alba Badger said:

Not long for daffys i have seen some sprouting in the local park. Early Feb if the frost stays away.

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Left home this morning to see 3 daffodils in full bloom in the garden.

 

Peter Grummit

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• Jan 16, 2020

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On 31st December I still had last year's tomato plants producing fruit in the sun room and a couple of next (this) year's daffs out in the garden.

Basically, winter has disappeared up its own jacksie.

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studio150

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On the Border

• Jan 16, 2020

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I'd prefer frost to the current wind and rain

 

Audax

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• Jan 16, 2020

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My fault. I bought a windscreen protector, not had a single frost since... Stupid thing still in its wrapper on the back seat.

 

Dick Swiveller

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• Jan 16, 2020

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Audax said:

My fault. I bought a windscreen protector, not had a single frost since... Stupid thing still in its wrapper on the back seat.

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I got some really expensive waterproof trousers from a Millets' closing down sale with about a year of Withdean left. Never used them.

 

Chicken Run

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• Jan 16, 2020

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Don’t worry about Winter, 69 % of snow recorded as laying in Brighton happens in Feb.

 

Guinness Boy

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• Jan 16, 2020

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Well timed thread this....

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Jospeh

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• Jan 16, 2020

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Hove Lagoonery said:

Met Office counts winter as these three calendar months, so we have just entered the second half of it. Im middle aged but cant remember going anywhere near as far into winter with hardly any frosts. Its basically still Autumn, and if it stays like this how will the daffodils know when to come up??

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I'm sure there was a winter a few years ago where we didn't get any minus temperatures at all. Daffodils were definitely about this time last year as I've got a photo of the dog sitting next to them which came up on my google photo memories today.

 

Barham's tash

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• Jan 16, 2020

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Jospeh said:

I'm sure there was a winter a few years ago where we didn't get any minus temperatures at all. Daffodils were definitely about this time last year as I've got a photo of the dog sitting next to them which came up on my google photo memories today.

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Possibly 2013.


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lawros left foot

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• Jan 16, 2020

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https://www.express.co.uk/news/weat...long-range-Met-Office-warning-BBC-Weather/amp

Well, the Express thinks it’s coming.



But, the Express always thinks it’s coming.

 

Thunder Bolt

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• Jan 16, 2020

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I’m fairly sure we had frost in December a couple of times.

 

southstandandy

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• Jan 16, 2020

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I was in Worthing today and either saw a Christmas tree still up or put up very very early! Everything goes tits up this time of year - not just the weather!

 

swindonseagull

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• Jan 16, 2020

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Hove Lagoonery said:

Met Office counts winter as these three calendar months, so we have just entered the second half of it. Im middle aged but cant remember going anywhere near as far into winter with hardly any frosts. Its basically still Autumn, and if it stays like this how will the daffodils know when to come up??

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Daffs are all through in my garden. a few are even opening.
Also plenty of squirrels in the trees which are normally not so active in the winter.

 

Creaky

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• Jan 16, 2020

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This was January 2010!

 

The Orange Seagull

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Stuck in the 80's

• Jan 16, 2020

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I'm sure that when I was a youngster growing up in Brighton in the late 70's and early 80's that winters were much colder, went on for longer and were also much snowier but I wonder if this really was the case or whether I'm just fondly looking back through snow tinted spectacles!

 

symyjym

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• Jan 16, 2020

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I haven't put my heating into winter mode yet, but we normally get our winters in February early March these days.

 

Badger

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• Jan 16, 2020

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It's arriving here in the next few hours (low of -13C tonight). Do you want me to send some over?

 

Live by the sea

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• Jan 16, 2020

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Hate the cold so I’m happy