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This is the mildest winter iv ever known, but I do think it’s going to get colder than what it is now
Yea the cold temp has been alright so far. Jan-Feb/March tends to be the coldest months and with best chance of snow as well
Agreed, it's been nice.
Harry Chown
Poland doesn’t get that cold. It’s slightly colder than UK, but not -40 territory.
@Harry Chown But, but, weather isn't climate! That's what the scientists say, especially if we have a cold spell in winter and we complain, "what's happened to global warming?".
Harry Chown I was in Norway from 1st to 5th January and it was 2 to 5 degrees C during the day. My cousin said it should be around -15!
As others have said, regarding this Winter, it really hasn’t got going yet. Two years ago we had heavy snow right at the end of Feb. The low light is what gets me, no sun 😞
We haven’t had a real winter in 30 yrs.
Winter is Feb March and April she's in for a shock of she thinks this is winter
@@countrysidelivingadventure1283 When I used to work outside, I always found December and January the coldest and worst months. Whether that was just because working outside in them months climatized me to the cold I don't know.
@@SvenTviking gate keeping winter
@@countrysidelivingadventure1283 Had a White Easter in Edinburgh 2 years ago. I've got a photo of my mum in front of the snowman I made on April 5th just before I left for the journey back to London, then had to strip down to t-shirt as I got off the train at Kings Cross.
Don’t be too quick to wave goodbye to winter! Last year we had snow in Exeter (Devon) on the 31st of January, and in 2018 on March 1st. On both occasions we were sent home from work, it was that bad. Exeter rarely has snow which made it all the more incredible!
2018 was crazy. Even in London we had a thick covering of snow, then just a few weeks later it was about 30 degrees!
@@penname5766 And didn't the rest of the UK know that it had snowed in London!
I remember as a kid, I was about 9 or 10 and it snowed on Easter Sunday! Weird.
steve taylor I'm not sure what you mean? I'm making the comment in the knowledge that a lot of people who watch Yvette are not in the UK.
Winter is only just starting now.
honestly this has felt like autumn, hasnt been our usual winter
'End of January' - kept looking the date under the video and asking myself: Did I travel in a DeLorean ?
Yeah, I was thinking "End of January? Still another two weeks to payday!"
Exactly I'm like... dude... theres another 16 days left. 'End of January' my arse!
It's the same concept here in Melbourne. Blue skies mean there is no cloud blanketing the skies at night, so heat is able to escape much better and there's more ice/front in the ground during winter. When it is cloudy, that's when you don't see much frost. And for the record, anything above 20 is hot anyway lol and it's been so humid here this past summer.
We’re only half way through January! And we still have another 2 months or so of winter left yet! It has been a very mild winter so far, but a wet one. I personally prefer a cold but sunny winters day! I do enjoy having seasons and different types of weather though. Finland’s winter sounds crazy!!
This has been an extremely mild winter so far - so don't think this is how cold it gets, even here in the South. As someone else has said, we had some snow in the South last January. Winter weather can be an issue well into March. I remember (many years ago) watching a Formula 3 motor race at Thruxton (Hampshire) in April - and there was a blizzard.
Regarding "The Chelsea Flower Show", BBC TV covers it extensively so you will be able to see all there is to see during show week. BBC runs at least one programme a night on BBC 2. In fact, you are probably better off watching it on TV as it gets insanely crowded..
There are lots of other flower shows in Britain during the year. The next biggest London (ish) flower show would be the one at Hampton Court which is pretty big in its own right. That will be in July 2020.
If you just want to see lots of flowers, why not try either Kew Gardens or the huge RHS Gardens at Wisley in Surrey. They are both fairly easy to get to from London.
This has not been a typical year. In fact I don't think we have had a typical year for a decade! Our summers used to be warm, with occasional brief showers. Winters were mild, with frost and light snow early in the year. Now we have weeks of scorching sun, droughts, then rain that doesn't stop for weeks. When it does get cold it's minus something for days on end. Things have definitely changed even during my short time on this planet!
Dogs don’t go to the bathroom, they go out for a wee and a poo. 🤪😀😂
It's been really mild so far this winter there plenty time yet for cold bad weather
It’s my 4th winter in UK and I can say- fun starts only in the end of January...this winter so far is the warmest one...but for example on 2018 there was proper snowfall in the beginning of March in Midlands ;)
This winter has been really warm, not much rain either. January is usually 0-5 C in London, and colder elsewhere. Snow is rare but usually comes in Feb and March if it does snow
"I didn't see my shadow for ten days..." It's official - Yvette's a vampire!
I like that, winter gives you more fashion choices, love it
There seem to be less icy mornings than there used to be. When I was a kid without central-heating and double glazing, there used to be ice on the inside of my bedroom window.
Mine too, the milk in the bottle had frozen, your clothes left on the line froze solid they could stand up, you would still walk to school, nothing got cancelled
Jack frost!
This winter has been really mild to be fair. Long may it continue.
All you really need is a good coat, maybe a scarf and gloves if the temperature drops, and a mandatory umbrella. We still have a threat of frost in March and sometimes April so don't be too quick to ditch the coat.
Hi Yvette, normally our worst/coldest weather is now late January through February. But it's not always bad everyday even then.
come off it London is a couple of degrees warmer than out of London .My postman wears shorts all year round.I work outside and haven't worn thermals for years
As other Brits have mentioned this is a very mild winter. February can be cold and I have seen a little snow in March and once in April. As someone who spends quite a bit of my day outside I don’t like the rain in winter. Yes the rain means it’s warmer day than snow or some clear days, but when it’s 5C and you get wet and there’s a wind chill you feel it more than when your dry and -5C with wind.
Winter in uk has moved to jan/feb, it was snowing at the end of January last year
January and February have always been the worst months of winter that has not changed in the 50 plus years i have been here
I have always found February to be the coldest month in the UK, and as others have said it's been very mild this winter so far. (I'm touching wood as i type :-)
Hiya. Don't worry, Yvette, you won't have to search the Chelsea Flower Show online. It's on the BBC during the afternoon AND in the evening (separate programmes, not repeats) every day of the show showing all its aspects, the show gardens, the awarding of the medals, the exhibition tents, etc., etc.. You'll just need a comfy seat, gallons of tea (or Pimm's?) and a bottomless biscuit barrel. All the best to you.
February is quite often colder than January. And can be right till the end. My birthday's the 22nd Feb, and I've had sledging parties.
This year is REALLY mild though. It's still practically t-shirt weather.
It can be cold up to April/May, depending on the winter. Normally you have March winds and April showers, there are some weather sayings such as When the North wind doest blow then we will have snow. It has been fairly mild though so far this winter. Glad you are enjoying your first winter in the UK. :)
I can't wait for spring. It's easily the best time of year here in the UK.
I use a heated blanket in beg, a hot water bottle when at my desk and a blow heater to survive as my flat is electric heating only which costs so much. With work I never see daylight.. I go work and come home in the dark. I find that after christmas in Jan and Feb to be the worst, no decorations but still cold and dark, but winter was so mild this year. Two years ago we had a snow blizzard that shut the whole country down
Lucky girl, we haven't had anything like our usual winter weather yet, (not in the South anyway), and I've even seen a few foolhardy daffodils trying to bloom.
Thinking of our usual climate, I agree with what Billy Connolly said about Scotland's...…………."six months of bad weather, followed by winter!". I can assure you
that, at some stage, we will get a spell of vicious easterly winds with arse-freezing temperatures. Actually, it never gets anywhere near as cold as Finland but
because we are a small island in a lots of seas and nowhere is more than 75 miles from the sea, the air is always damp which makes it seem way colder than
it actually is. Good luck for surviving the rest of this one. The Spring flowers will make it all seem worthwhile...…….................just.
My favourite time of the year is definitely Spring, late March to May when the light nights start and the blooms start bursting back into life, and the trees start with their new leaves, I've got 2 cherry blossom trees in my garden one pink and one white and as soon as they start to blume I know Spring is here. Oh and Easter as well, all those Easter eggs.
Alison Smith you need to go to Tesco’s. My local one has a two whole isles of Easter Eggs, and that was yesterday.
@@stevegee7593 No need I work for Asda and we've got a warehouse full of em, plus I get my discount off them as well. Lucky me.
We generally get the coldest weather and snow later in the winter and in to early spring, however, by the end on January we do start seeing the days getting longer.
London doesn’t rain as much as other parts of England . Your houses are well insulated and people have central heating on 24/7 so you won’t notice it as much .in London
Still see people in shorts and T.shirts up here in the northeast.Freezing weather shorts and T.shirts lol
I like the fact that you are enjoying our mildest winter in history ... that is a good thing. I love winter` give me -15 and snow and a nice morning frost ... but I have honestly Hated the heavy rain we have had over the last couple of days, every time I went out of the door it would start pouring down .. in fact I was starting to feel like a duck. I like the dark nights too because I can see better in the dark and it makes the daylight more enjoyable, I do enjoy the long summer days because you can get so much more done .. but I hate it when the weather starts getting too warm and muggy.
"British Winter" has not even happened yet, the first really cold snap will be this weekend as we will be having a high pressure area over most of the weekend with projected -4 to -9C as cold air will be pulled down from the Artic.
February March better than January because light getting stronger,sun is higher and days lengthening. You can sense it strongly even over just one week. They also tend to be the driest months. However you can get some surprise short sharp cold snaps in those months . Basically run up to spring temperature flip flops all over. In that sense it's the most interesting time of the year. I think average temperature near end of March is about 13C but you can quite easiy find yourself in the park at 20+ in quite strong sunshine thinking - yay summer's here! ...and then following week shivering in snow/hail and ice. Fun times.
Sunny frosty mornings are fantastic.
Surprisingly, the UK has almost a semi-desert level of rainfall. London has an annual rainfall of 23 inches, a semi-desert has a rainfall of 20 inches or less. That's why the grass turns brown within 10 days if we have consecutive days of sun in summer, there are no reserves of moisture at depth in the soil. We just get a lot of cloudy days because the North Atlantic Jetstream is almost always over the UK.
what ?
Where I am in Scotland, it's daylight nine until three during winter. So even when I was in school, it was still dark when you arrived and already dark in the afternoon when you left each day. What with towns and cities being smaller and higher up. It's a hell of a lot colder . Not than Finland, than London.
It’s only half way through January so plenty of time for Winter to start. You missed the beast from the East.
The snow when It happens can be a Lot or a Little. Overdue another Monster Storm Like in 1963 when it lasted from November 62 until March 63 where I lived . en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_of_1962-63_in_the_United_Kingdom
What I love most about your videos is that they make me appreciate my country again and take a new perspective on being a Brit.😁
We came from the Canadian prairies to Manchester. People who complain about the cold in the UK don't really know what really cold weather is like. Same with summer. As South Africans we are used to a few + 40 degree Celsius days in summer.
England hasn't been quite as cold in recent years. And the summers have much warmer too. It was 34 degrees back in June (way too hot for my liking). However, January isn't always the coldest month. Last February and March were colder, and we had snow in April up north.
I used to work with some Swedes and some Russians in London. They all hated UK winters because, whilst not as cold, they didn't like the dampness. The Muscovites also couldn't get used to the heating going off in their hotel overnight. I guess back home if you turned didn't keep the heating on you froze to death.
It jumps around all over the place - On this day two years ago we had 1/2 metre of snow on the lawn lol....
Yvette, pretty good description of UK winters.A couple of things though. London does act as a heat island and is 1 to 3 degrees warmer than the countryside. This winter has been pretty warm so far, so we haven't had any really cool weather yet. My impression is that February tends to have colder weather than December or January. Its Snow's more often than it used to when I was a kid as well (40 years ago now). A cold period after a fairly damp few weeks is the worst.
II live in North Yorkshire but visit relatives in London for Christmas. I reckon it's 4°C warmer in London probably because of the size of it and all the buildings absorbing and radiating any heat. I wear one layer less there than my relatives.
I've lived half my life in the UK and now half in Southern California. If I lived at that latitude again I'd definitely get a light therapy lamp for the winter mornings. It helps with mood and the circadian body clock so you sleep better.
This is a VERY warm winter by UK standards. Do not think this is a typical winter - it is not. Our winters have become much warmer but not this warm usually...yet!!! This is also one of the wettest autumns and winters on record. So it is wetter than usual too. I would forget this winter and move on - you have not seen winter in the UK. London has the warmest winter of all alongside far south of England, but again, not this warm! I would start judging next year as it is very unlikely to be this warm again for quite some time. When you do experience a 'normal' winter, it is the windchill that will get you that even -20 in the sun does not. It is a very strange anomaly but one commented on by all from 'colder' countries. You have yet to see 1 winter day since you arrived (which a little bit sad all on its own because most of us are missing our winter season this year!)
February always seems colder than January and last few years more snow on Feb and March than Dec and Jan... keep on waiting..
We have triple glazed windows also and keeps the noise outside if on a main road,
It we get 1cm of snow all the buses and trains will stop running immediately. 😂
Look out for early flowers such as snowdrops and daffodils. End of feb march april have been colder in recent years
This winter has been really mild so far (reads other comments)...Yeah, you get the message. There are of course lots of colder countries than us, but I will say Ive come back from Norway before where it was -28, and it be -5 here and feel every bit as cold. Its the damp in the air, just seems to get to you more.
That’s so cute. You got your first proper scarf. (Kiwi/Canadian… lived in Calgary and NW Ontario).
You should be able to get a rain jacket and booties for Bambi. Helps with smaller dogs when it’s muddy out. (Yes baths still happen way too often).
Love your channel. Most recent UA-cam binge for me. #covidhobby finding new UA-camrs.
The winters here in South Wales have been mild for a few years. Hardly ever use de-icer anymore. But the rain. Oh my goodness the rain. Seems like eighty percent of the day, every day, since the end of November
Hang on Yvette, Feb and March can really supply proper cold weather. The weather at the moment is unusually warm, as is the the rest of the world and poor old Australia. I suspect extreme weather in the next 6-8 weeks. Love your vlogs. Keep it up!
I live on the coast of north-east of England. It's never too hot and never too cold.
I live in the rain shadow of The Pennines, The Cheviots and the North York Moors, so don't get pissed on, on a regular basis, like the west of the UK does.
Blue skies, in winter, can mean cold. But, wear your coat, hat and scarf. Job done. Unless you're out on the 'lash'! This is when the young people from my neck of the woods dress as if it's spring/summer, because they can't be arsed to put up with the coat issue - it spoils their ensemble.
The changing of the seasons is beautiful. Commenting on the length of daylight is compulsory for some reason; it always takes us by surprise.
But, the best thing about living in England is that if you're not happy with the weather you're getting, you're at the crossroads of the world; so you can pop on a plane and bugger off somewhere else.
Thanks. From South Africa and missing everything I left behind. Your upbeat videos really help. I have yet to experience a summer and looking forward to it.
February is usually the coldest month but March can also stay cold even into April.
So far winter in the UK this year has been a never-ending autumn. Generally speaking, the further north and west you go, the wetter, colder, snowier and windier it gets.
I think we have had quie a mild winter this year its felt quite warm compared to normal.
The height of British winter is normally February and March it’s snows in the spring here
Generally speaking, and different years we have different weather so you can only generalise, February is colder than January and we are much more likely to get snow if it is going to fall at all. This year, January has been very mild indeed but the pay off is it has been extremely wet.
Yeah double glazed windows is a very good invention.
This is the mildest Winter I can remember in my (long) lifetime. I had a single rose on my balcony that flowered four weeks before Christmas and I have some daisy-like flowers that are still growing in full bloom in their pots. My heating bill is half what it was last year. We haven't got into a proper Winter yet.
It's been pretty mild this year lol. Didn't have to worry too much about survival.
This winter has been mild, I think we moan so much because it is so changeable so it is easy to get those clothing choices wrong. Look out for all the little buds on the trees when spring is on the way , now I have noticed them I look for them every year. My dad has pots with all the earliest spring flowers so they come up in order as the weather changes like a little flower mexican wave, it is lovely.
the Chelsea Flower show is cheaper on the last day and some of the plants are offered for sale after 4 pm
When we had the beast from the east in 2018. Snow was 6 feet deep at our house.
We usually get about 6 to 8 weeks of cold and wet with some occasional dry clear days, also we rarely get mountains of snow and deep bitter winters, it's mostly just wet for a few weeks, in the summer we get 6 to 8 weeks of pretty hot weather (sometimes too hot for me, I don't like the heat), the other 8 or 9 months of the year are very pleasant, somewhere between 15 and 20 degrees celsius, I think that's a pretty good tradeoff
You're in London, it's mild there with surprising little rain. Britian's reputation for bad weather is due to the conditions in the North, try surviving winter up north, or in Scotland... different story hahah!!
The worst of the weather usually comes first weekend in February - at least outside of London.
Hi. I feel so bad I've only just found you! Have loved watching your posts, and feel for your family and country in the fires. My in laws have been trapped nsw for a few weeks. You are funny and compassionate x keep posting please x
january used to be the coldest month, it not unusual now to get snow in march!, the seasons have shifted because of global warming.
cant wait for the march video when you are soooo cold, and fed up with all the rain, and just praying for one dry day, yooull get bored of squishing in mud soon enough, then you'll be a proper brit!
We’ve had snow in the last few years. It’s even snowed in the South in June before now.
We seem to get most of the really cold weather in February and March actually :)
Winter ends mid March, January is like a practice winter. February is when it generally gets the coldest so don't get too excited, the worst is yet to come. Yay....
Sorry, somehow this has posted twice.
Like everyone else has said, this is very mild weather. Plus central London is always a bit warmer than the outskirts. We haven't really got into the minus numbers yet. When I lived in an old building in a flat over a shop the water in the pipes froze when the temperature dropped to -15C. Thankfully they thawed without bursting.
Also if the council doesn't anticipate this the roads, pavements and external steps will be ice rinks. Not all ice is obviously visible. This also means buses cannot go up or down steep hills or slopes and routes can be cut short or they just don't run. British transport systems can never cope with any weather that is hotter or colder than moderate.
It's often the unremitting grey skies which make things feel nasty
one thing in the uk is a lack of vitamin d ,if you start getting depressed or have achy muscles get it checked
There's a flower show at Hampton Court which is kinda 2nd to Chelsea. Maybe you could try that?
As others have said, this really has been a mild winter so far. I've barely worn my coat and haven't needed a scarf at all when usually I'm bundled up in layers this time of year. Also first year I've not seen any snow at all, even the think flakey stuff that doesn't settle.
This has been an unusually warm January. There is normally ice or snow for about half of the month although London is always a couple of degrees warmer than the countryside. February can also be very cold. March has strong winds and April will be fairly wet. As to May onwards, that is already your field of expertise....
Wellies...!!
Next comes a thermos full of hot tea and a box of sandwiches to eat while you visit an old castle or some manor house... you're almost a full Brit!
lol, the UK doesn't have winter compared to the US, we just have an extended autumn with 50% extra rain than usual.
February can be a cold month too and beware of March, comes in like a lion but often goes out like a lamb, the early march winds can be strong and have teeth that bite into one.
This has seriously been the mildest winter I can remember having. A couple of years ago, we had major major snowfall in March, so I wouldn't write it off yet - who knows what might happen in the next few months. the short days is what does it for me, though, and we're definitely getting longer evenings now, so that's a plus, at least.
This winter has been very mild the coldest it's got is -4°
Isn't double glazing not a standard thing everywhere?!? I'm from ireland, always had it, i don't know any different 🙈
Got to admit, sunset at 3:50 is ridiculous. I’d love to live in the UK but 3:50? Sometimes a late lunch (say 2) would kinda double as dinner.
Last year I remember we had snow in March! Worst weather is January, February and the cold weather is yet to come!! It’s been super mild so far
In some years we dont get any snow til' nearly the end of march So far this Winter i cant remember us having any snow wheras last Winter r I seem to remember it was snowing in early November
January is a horrible month here in the UK. but on the good side, less than 5 weeks to the 6 nations. whey
At least the days are getting longer now
I feel like it was mild this year, will probably snow in Feb.. it did in 2018. Im glad the evenings are starting to get lighter 😄
At least it's not Scotland, which has a raw damp cold (which means it feels a lot colder than it is), although to be fair the past decade or so England has received more snow than Scotland in winter.
We have four seasons In one day sometimes. Back In 2009 we had one of the worst winters on record In January so It all could change yet 🥰
Wayne Lucas Don't know how old you are but the winter of 62/63 was the worst! Check up on it.
Lol it doesn't even snow in London these days it's not the 1800"s
Short memory. We had a massive nationwide whiteout ten years ago, and we had some snow in the South in January 2019. And don't forget "The Beast from the East" - which struck in 2018.
[url]en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_Great_Britain_and_Ireland_cold_wave[/url]
@@EricIrl Yes the beast from the East was bad, wasn't that 2017? It was minus 10 and freezing.
@@dazza9326 Can't remember exactly. It certainly wasn't the 1800s.
So far winter has been very mild (and wet in places). We seem to have started with he storms now too although they generally affect us further north than down in the south.
Statistically we’re more likely to have snow at Easter than Christmas (despite what cards have you think) so still plenty of time yet. I’ve seen snow mid April before so it can happen pretty late into the year. Plenty of winter to come - it’s only mid Jan and we usually get colder end of Jan into Feb (mind, we did have a day last Feb where I went hiking in a tshirt and no jumper/jacket! 2 days Laster it was 0c during the day).
We don’t get cold cold like parts of the US/Scandinavia/Canada etc with lots of snow but it’s usually the fact it’s cold rain/sleet that gets a lot of us so down. I’d love loads of snow! It does get colder further north and out in the countryside too, London is a heat island. I’ve been out in about -5 so far this year doing Astro photography (rural Northumberland). Like you say, clear skies in winter = cold and often beautiful frost. Clouds usually mean weather coming in from the west which is kept warmish by the sea. And rain.