After all the media hype about the very warm spell of weather for February it didn't dare not to produce a new record warm day for February. Friday produced the goods setting a new ten year high temperature for February at 16.7°C or 62.1°F. It was a close call though as the previous high was 16.6°C (61.9°F) set back in 2012.
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| Temperature Records 17-23 February 2019 |
We've been making use of the excellent weather getting more tidying up done and beds prepared for spring planting at the allotment.
The forecast is for the warm weather to continue through the weekend before starting to gradually cool down to more normal temperatures for the time of the year. We have so far resisted the temptation to do any early planting.
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February is setting records over here, too. Snow, cold temperatures, all due partly to the displacement of the polar vortex by the sudden stratospheric warming. And here, I thought it was headed your way, not mine!
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Haven’t we done well to avoid any nasty consequences from that stratospheric warming event over Christmas. As luck would have it we’ve still been stuck with high pressure dominating our weather but this one positioned bringing us very warm southerly winds. We’ve had very mild sunny days but some frosty nights. March is going to be a bit of a shock as we return to normal temperatures for the time of year.
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