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It's always a surprise to me how late into spring the UK can get frosts/freezes. Though I do suppose the cold ocean water surrounding it would cause this.
Not today. We are expecting 90 degrees. Frost and freeze comes and goes here but it is not really something I spend any time thinking about. I go to the heated pool year round. They usually close it for maintenance around Christmas to the first of the year when everybody is busy shopping.
It's always a surprise to me how late into spring the UK can get frosts/freezes. Though I do suppose the cold ocean water surrounding it would cause this.
Yea, not much spring warm up, not big seasonal differences. Considering how few frosts they get in the winter, I would have never guessed they got late spring frosts. Another thing I learned from this forum.
Btw, remember I mentioned we got a frost on June 28? That's likely an error, as the daily data only shows high 30s that morning then.
Yea, not much spring warm up, not big seasonal differences. Considering how few frosts they get in the winter, I would have never guessed they got late spring frosts. Another thing I learned from this forum.
Btw, remember I mentioned we got a frost on June 28? That's likely an error, as the daily data only shows high 30s that morning then.
Yeah, that's one thing I learned also. I figured they would get a few frosts every spring, but not past mid-April or so. Seems like they get a frost or freeze almost every single May and sometimes into June.
And yeah, I remember that. Not so impressive now , though high 30s in nearly July is still very impressive. Honestly that time of year, any low lower than about 45 F is really impressive to me.
It's always a surprise to me how late into spring the UK can get frosts/freezes. Though I do suppose the cold ocean water surrounding it would cause this.
The UK is on average mild, but the cold air is still pretty close in April and bursts can temporarily wander down quite late in the season and create frost, especially on higher ground, and particularly if accompanied with clear skies. Look at this example from this spring:
My last frost was on 17 May, when it looked like this:
Except that again your looking at it through the eyes of a 40N latitude. We live much further north than America.
Yeah but you guys have a very mild climate for your latitude....obviously we know you're at 50+N. Latitude is only one factor when it comes to determining climate. Obviously, the dynamics of the North American climate are much different than Western Europe, so it would be silly to compare latitude by latitude.
Berlin, NH at 44 N has recorded a freeze in every month except July....and even then it's really close at 1 C. Berlin is cold for its latitude however. Just proves my point that latitude doesn't tell the whole story.
Saranac Lake, NY has recorded a freeze in every month, at 44 N.
But it's something I was previously ignorant about and I know better than that now.
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, though high 30s in nearly July is still very impressive. Honestly that time of year, any low lower than about 45 F is really impressive to me.
