Whats the weather like near you?

[Squaredy]

3 minutes ago, Big J said:

Minus 8 overnight here. Just under 0 now with a thaw in prospect. 

 

We went ice skating on the lake yesterday and will do the same again this afternoon. I've only been skating 10 days, but am really enjoying it.

Sounds awesome.  At least if you fall through the ice I guess you will be able to stand up in most lakes?!

[Big J]

7 minutes ago, Squaredy said:

Sounds awesome.  At least if you fall through the ice I guess you will be able to stand up in most lakes?!

 

Haha! Not quite. Our village lake is 24m deep in the middle. The corner we're skating on the moment is only a metre deep though, which I'm happy to take the kids on. It's been cold here, but not sustained for so long.

 

I'm given more confidence though as I saw a few groups out ice fishing this morning on my bike ride. 

[topchippyles]

57 minutes ago, Big J said:

 

Haha! Not quite. Our village lake is 24m deep in the middle. The corner we're skating on the moment is only a metre deep though, which I'm happy to take the kids on. It's been cold here, but not sustained for so long.

 

I'm given more confidence though as I saw a few groups out ice fishing this morning on my bike ride. 

Imagine if you fell through 6 feet deep you would look like a stranded ostrich poking through the ice jonathan 🤣

 

 

 

[ABtrees]

Spent the afternoon disentangling / pollarding (!) trees from the telephone line in 17 degrees, when sure enough along comes (my last sighting for the year) - a queen hornet buzzing past  and a comma butterfly - it's New Year's Eve for God's sake - nuts !

Tomorrow is going to be 16+ over here so maybe my first hornet of the year sighting on Jan 1st whilst I'm clearing up !

 

Happy New Year everyone.

[AJStrees]

Heavy rain here last two days. Gusts of 45mph on and off. Blowing out the cobwebs for the new year I hope. 👍

 

 

[Big J]

We've had all our snow melt and it was even up to 8c yesterday. There is still a couple of inches of ice on the lake though.

 

It's starting to turn colder again now, with today's drizzle turning into sleety snow. Minus 11 forecast before the end of the week.

 

If it's of interest to anyone, here is a temperature comparison for 2022 (with December's figure coming from 2021, as the 2022 data isn't available yet) between our old home in Cullompton, Devon and our new home in SE Sweden. It's a fair bit warmer here in summer (about 2.5-3c, but with cooler nights) and a lot colder in winter.

 

 

 

Edit: I put the figures for record low and high the wrong way around for Målilla for Dec 21.

Edited January 1, 2023 by Big J

[Steven P]

ahh, new years day, suppose I should open the curtains some time and check? Maybe later.

[Stubby]

3 degrees tonight coming right back up to 10 or 11 tomorrow.

[daveatdave]

2 c coming past Leeds Bradford airport at 5 tonight now everything is white over with frost 

[AJStrees]

Was down to 0 here last night. 
 

Wet and miserable today. Typical Birthday weather when you’re  a January baby 👶