Fresh and Funky - Freeze watch Autumn 2013 (places, compared, month)

[Mac15]

Originally Posted by PatrickMd

No freeze here yet, I'm surprised if you've had one in NI given how mild it normally is there.

Mild? I'm nearly always one of the first places in BI to have my frost.

[nei]

forecast to go down to 21°F Sunday night

[PatrickMd]

NI is milder than almost every part of the UK, certainly in the Winter.

I think the only time it's colder than England is the Summer. Not quite as mild as somewhere like Galway, in Ireland but still mild compared to the bulk of the UK.

[Mac15]

Is it?

Well its a darn site colder than wales, south west england, north west england and southern england.

I mean your man dean has a max of 15c tomorrow versus 7c here. Think your wrong.

[PatrickMd]

No, Northern Ireland is definitely mild...I used to live there, remember?

Little frost or snow to speak of compared with much of the UK.

Where I live isn't cold, but it's colder than NI.

[nei]

Check the met office map:

Met Office: UK mapped climate averages

choosing days of air frost, annual, Northern Ireland is about the same as most of England except the coast and much of the north. Winter minimums are about the same, too.

[Mac15]

Naw I don't remember actually.

Maybe down in ballycastle and bangor but certainly not here. The coldest parts of gb only have a 2c difference.

[PatrickMd]

It's mild, maybe only a degree or two milder than N. England but still mild as N.England has mild winters.

Same here in C.Scotland - our winters are mild and wet. (just not as mild as NI.)

[PatrickMd]

It doesn't get cold in NI (comparitively) v. the bulk of N. England, Scotland etc. and, as I've already said, it doesn't really get cold there, either, as we live in a mild climate.

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Newcastle and Edinburgh are the first major cities in the UK to fall below freezing this autumn - both fell to -1C this morning.