{"id":931,"date":"2013-10-13T16:12:50","date_gmt":"2013-10-13T16:12:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/news\/?p=931"},"modified":"2014-07-14T10:08:49","modified_gmt":"2014-07-14T10:08:49","slug":"what-does-this-winter-hold-in-store-its-impossible-to-tell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/news\/what-does-this-winter-hold-in-store-its-impossible-to-tell\/","title":{"rendered":"What does this winter hold in store weather-wise?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Once again it is the season for speculation and big headlines regarding what the weather will do over the winter period. The front page of the <em>Daily Express<\/em> today claims: \u2018Worst winter for decades: Record-breaking snow predicted for November\u2019.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/shutterstock_120939556.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-932\" title=\"shutterstock_120939556\" src=\"\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/shutterstock_120939556-300x210.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/shutterstock_120939556-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/shutterstock_120939556.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We saw similar headlines last year and instead winter 12\/13 ended up being only the 43rd coldest on record with an average temperature of 3.3C and flooding until the turn of the year.<\/p>\n<p>What the <em>Daily Express<\/em> has failed to explain to it\u2019s readers\u00a0is that there is absolutely no certainty about what weather the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/country\/uk\/\">UK<\/a> will see over the winter period. The science simply does not exist to make detailed, long-term forecasts for temperature and snowfall even for the end of November, let alone for the winter period, which does not officially start until 1 December.<\/p>\n<p>While we have seen a return to more normal, cooler temperatures for this time of year, this is no indication of what we can expect over the next four months with regards to temperatures and when we might see snow. It is far too early to tell.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, we\u2019re\u00a0<a title=\"Get Ready for Winter\" href=\"http:\/\/www.metoffice.gov.uk\/learning\/get-ready-for-winter\" target=\"_blank\">heading into winter<\/a>\u00a0and it is perfectly possible that we will see the whole\u00a0range of weather that we get in winter at some point over the coming months, including snow and freezing temperatures, but also heavy rain, windy weather and mild conditions too.<\/p>\n<p>Our five day\u00a0<a title=\"UK weather forecast\" href=\"http:\/\/www.metoffice.gov.uk\/weather\/uk\/uk_forecast_weather.html\" target=\"_blank\">forecasts\u00a0<\/a>and\u00a0<a title=\"UK weather warnings\" href=\"http:\/\/www.metoffice.gov.uk\/weather\/uk\/uk_forecast_warnings.html\" target=\"_blank\">warnings<\/a>\u00a0will provide you with the best possible guidance on any periods of cold weather,\u00a0<a title=\"Frost\" href=\"http:\/\/www.metoffice.gov.uk\/learning\/frost\" target=\"_blank\">frost<\/a>\u00a0or the likelihood of\u00a0<a title=\"Snow and forecasting snow\" href=\"http:\/\/metofficenews.wordpress.com\/2012\/11\/07\/its-snow-joke-your-weather-jokes\/\" target=\"_blank\">snow<\/a>, giving detailed local information across the UK to help you make the most of the weather over the coming months.<\/p>\n<p>For a 7-day forecast, click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/weather-forecasts\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 Met Office<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Once again it is the season for speculation and big headlines regarding what the weather will do over the winter period. The front page of the Daily Express today claims: \u2018Worst winter for decades: Record-breaking snow predicted for November\u2019. We saw similar headlines last year and instead winter 12\/13 ended up being only the 43rd [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"post_views_count":932,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[129],"class_list":["post-931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-weather","tag-uk"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/931","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=931"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/931\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":936,"href":"https:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/931\/revisions\/936"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}