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Look at your post 64, you said England 'regularly gets -15 to -20' it doesn't, temperatures that low are rare, England also more often gets 35c + but you wouldn't say 'England regularly gets 35c' they're both the extreme ends of the scale at in specific parts of the country, I've never experienced -15 or -20 anywhere I've ever been in England (I remember a nighttime low of -12 making the news once) and I've lived here my whole life.
You live in a really Mild part of UK.
Like I said last 10 winters 4 of them crossed -15. Thats about every second winter.
Where did I say it never happens? Do you agree with Raheem then? Do you think English towns regularly get to -15 to -20? 35 degrees is certainly more common than -15 where I live.
How is 35c anymore common than -15c in Southeast England?
Chesham , Benson , Redesdale Camp , Malham , Church fenton , Exeter airport , Buxton , Alston ,Consett ,Shap are some of the few places where every second winter temperatures go -15 C and below.
-20 C and below are more common in Scottish highlands.
Err no. They may have gone that low in exceptionally cold winters, certainly not normal or happens regularly...
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Originally Posted by raheel12
You live in a really Mild part of UK.
Like I said last 10 winters 4 of them crossed -15. Thats about every second winter.
Oh I see you cherry picked the record breaking cold winters
That does NOT mean that every second winter those towns get those sort of lows
The RECORD low at Exeter Airport is -16.5C, in December 2010, how does that mean "every second winter temperatures go -15C and below" ??
Well I've experienced 35c in my life quite a number of times, the coldest I've experienced is -12
During cold winters -15c can be achieved in SE England though maybe in frost hollows and away from populated areas. 35c is more likely in populated areas so of course the majority of the people will assume that 35c is more likely but I think its even chance.
QUOTE=P London;34851862]During cold winters -15c can be achieved in SE England though maybe in frost hollows and away from populated areas. 35c is more likely in populated areas so of course the majority of the people will assume that 35c is more likely but I think its even chance.[/quote]
Well anyway, I've never experienced -15 in my lifetime, I have experienced 35+ degrees a small number of times but its certainly NOT a common thing, snowless winters are more common than snowy ones though of course I've experienced snow. Basically England is certainly not the 'snowy' place you claim but if you've only been here a couple of years I can understand why you might think so as apart from the last winter the last 3 or 4 years have been the snowiest I've known. Usually if it does snow here it will only last a couple of days its rare for it to be around for more than a week therefore even 'snowy' winters here are only snowbound for a relatively small percentage of the wintertime (rather than say Moscow where snow lies for most of the winter) so to sum up I wouldnt call the UK a 'snowy' country at all (thanks to the gulf stream).
During cold winters -15c can be achieved in SE England though maybe in frost hollows and away from populated areas. 35c is more likely in populated areas so of course the majority of the people will assume that 35c is more likely but I think its even chance.
That is very unusual though. I'm not going to claim you're wrong but I don't remember ever experiencing that kind of cold in the UK. Maybe -7 or -8 was about as cold as I remember. I don't remember it ever being 35 either, although it may well have been. Those temps are actually quite desirable - the worst time where I live now is July and August when it will be 45/50C every day, which becomes really hard work. The other 10 months of the year are awesome though. When i lived near Chicago it could be -20C and that is not fun either..
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