“Given the price of fuel and the general state of the economy, this present warm December is a blessing.
35 degrees at 8 am Christmas morning? It seems that it may even be nearly 40 just a bit South of us.”
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WARM?!?!?!?
11 degrees & -19 with windchill here!
No non-emergency travel until noon Saturday, and we can hear the howl of the wind over our Christmas music! (and we live in town, not out on the farm.)
Obviously, our snowdrifts can beat your snowdrifts - beat them like a rented mule! Beat them like a red-headed stepchild! Beat them like ManBearPig on Algore!
Warm - feh.
11C or 11F?
Your home page says you are in the UK. I guess this cold isn’t the norm for you over there.
We have lost all our snow to ugly frozen slush (the temps dropped to 16F for the overnight, here in Wisconsin)because it has rained between brief snows for several days. We normally are 27F day/10F night here and snow is ubiquitous, but usually dry and relatively easy to shovel or move w/a snow blower. The snow we had the 22-23 was heavy and very wet. The snow blower couldn’t handle it. Miserable stuff to shovel by hand and we are in the country with a driveway to match. The damp is worse than the cold, IMO. Cold and dry isn’t that bad. Cold and damp just gets into the bones. The winds were moderate, although usually we can expect them at about 25-35mph or higher during a blizzard.
Poor guys! I know what it’s like, so you have my sympathy. Take what pride that you can for surviving it. We usually brag on our miserable winters. What else can anyone do?
Christmas Blessings to you and yours.