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Frank52 · 70-79, M
We rarely have the frosts we used to have and I can count the number of days we've had in the past 5 years settling snow on the fingers of one hand. In earlier years we could expect at least a 2/3 months with freezing weather as well as a good dollop of snow from time to time. Now winters are wet and mild and summers very much hotter than before.
ArishMell · 70-79, M
@pennynoodles I agree.
Though I am not sure if the Summers are that much hotter overall or if instead they now have more intense hot spells. They seem certainly drier, with the rains more in random, heavy spells than fairly evenly spread and more moderate episodes.
The only other times of very unusual weather I recall were 1959's very hot, dry Summer; 1962-3 Winter's deep snow even in the South; and the mid-1970s with one or two very wet Winters between very dry Summers. These though were short-term events (at most 2 or 3 years).
The British Isles climate and weather are unique due to their location. In one corner of an ocean bringing us relatively warm water that moderates the weather, gives us lots of rain and keeps even the Norwegian coast largely ice-free. Yet also tucked into an alcove formed by a land-mass extending Southwards to the Sub-tropics, and Eastwards for about half the Earth's circumference at our otherwise chilly latitude.
Though I am not sure if the Summers are that much hotter overall or if instead they now have more intense hot spells. They seem certainly drier, with the rains more in random, heavy spells than fairly evenly spread and more moderate episodes.
The only other times of very unusual weather I recall were 1959's very hot, dry Summer; 1962-3 Winter's deep snow even in the South; and the mid-1970s with one or two very wet Winters between very dry Summers. These though were short-term events (at most 2 or 3 years).
The British Isles climate and weather are unique due to their location. In one corner of an ocean bringing us relatively warm water that moderates the weather, gives us lots of rain and keeps even the Norwegian coast largely ice-free. Yet also tucked into an alcove formed by a land-mass extending Southwards to the Sub-tropics, and Eastwards for about half the Earth's circumference at our otherwise chilly latitude.