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Originally Posted by theunbrainwashed
I've been in your summers. They are very pleasant. It's just the winter time is the time of constant drizzle. When I talk about drizzle in England, I'm specifically referring to December-February as I stayed in the southeast in that time frame and remember the constant drizzle every week of winter  usually only 1-3 days of break a week from it |
I think that was more based on the winter you were there than statistical averages. A 1-3 day a week break from drizzle even in winter is unusual, much "drizzlier" than average and even for a place like Buxton it would be. Sounds like you experienced a mild damp winter with a lot of SW'ly winds.
I do not find much constant drizzle here at all. As an example this gone January I recorded drizzle on 5 days of the month (it was a slightly drier than average month). In contrast, January 2012 had 11 days with drizzle - that was wetter than average. The vast majority of rain was frontal moderate rain or showers. If we get a lot of precipitation in winter it will usually be frequent bouts of moderate frontal rain. Otherwise, it can go for many days even 1-2 weeks without raining.
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