Is this the coldest winter for a long time?

deecyprus4


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Message Posted:
06/02/2010 10:39

Although I am not there, I do keep an eye on the temperature and it seems to be unnaturally cold this year, last winter I spent in TRNC and I don't think it was as cold...any comments.

Lilli



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Message Posted:
06/02/2010 10:40

its flipping freezing here at night dee, i have never felt so cold in the 6 years we have been here xx

andrew4232



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Message Posted:
06/02/2010 10:44

but yet there saying its been the warmest for 30 years, i think there mixing it up with the amount of rain fall its maybe been the wettest so early for 30 years

deecyprus4


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Message Posted:
06/02/2010 10:45

Morning Lilli, yes I have been temperature watching over there, it is colder than last year and I am glad I am here, be back in a couple of months when it has warmed up, lol..be in for my caesar salad then xx

stilluvithere



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Message Posted:
06/02/2010 10:48

this is my 8th wihter here and the last time that I can remember it being this cold was early 2002 which was the last time we had real snow on the mounains

deecyprus4


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Message Posted:
06/02/2010 10:53

brrrrr, how are people mananging to keep warm at night...keep it clean please ))))

hattikins


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Message Posted:
06/02/2010 10:56

Don't know about other winters but last night was so cold I thought my feet had fallen off !

Tenakoutou



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Message Posted:
06/02/2010 11:01

What can we expect if we chose to buy, rent or live in a 'concrete tent' - no use grizzling now!

smithy


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Message Posted:
06/02/2010 11:05

I agree Dee, although back in the UK a week now, the last couple of weeks before leaving was the coldest I have ever been of a night for many years, at least here we have CH over there it was a Hot water bottle not so good, take care love to you and Kev

Sheila xx

Corbo



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Message Posted:
06/02/2010 11:11

'but yet there saying its been the warmest for 30 years, i think there mixing it up with the amount of rain fall its maybe been the wettest so early for 30 years '



exactly..if they cannot agree on the current weather no wonder more and more of us are skeptical about these claims for global warming for decades in the future. Then the recent evidence that even the science behind the dodgy calculations is rigged and spun ;it's just another money making game.

deecyprus4


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Message Posted:
06/02/2010 11:17

Corbo Global warming is a tax creating myth put about by governments to rip us off..I have never believed any of it.

stilluvithere



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Message Posted:
06/02/2010 11:22

It may be cold lately but today in the sun it is lovely. Look on the bright side, in 4 weeks it will be spring and mild and then 3 months we will be moaning about the heat

deecyprus4


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Message Posted:
06/02/2010 11:25

I agree, I will be over when it warms up and in july and august moaning about the heat and back in the UK lol.

carollynne


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Message Posted:
06/02/2010 11:56

I'm freezing at night, we've got a kerosene heater and a gas fire in the lounge and an electric blanket keeps us warm in bed. It's like living in a cave!!

Lovely in the sun today tho

Sandie


Joined: 14/08/2008
Posts: 251

Message Posted:
06/02/2010 13:01

Dee - never filled so many hot water bottles in my life! Beautiful sunny day today but have 4 layers on! Sensible not coming back until it warms up! Sandie x

Earlybird


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Message Posted:
06/02/2010 13:09

They say rain due again tomorrow and the next couple of days but warmer temperatures overnight.

deecyprus4


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Message Posted:
06/02/2010 13:45

Sandie thats the way to keep warm,lots of layers, see you in a couple of months xx

JohhnyLee


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Message Posted:
06/02/2010 14:06

Yes its cold, when we lived at Bellapais in 2007 it snowed it was strange watching snow fall in the swimming pool, and the police at to escort people from Ercan through the mountains.



Yet it didn,t feel as cold as this, We are up high in the mountains at Lapta Baspinar, and they tell me it,s 2 to 3 degrees lower up here,



I dont know if it was last year or the one before when there was pictures in the paper of people playing in the snow up here,



We never thought it would get this cold in TRNC

stilluvithere



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Message Posted:
06/02/2010 15:04

jusr had lunch onthe patio, in the sun, and it was lovely and warm. Try doing that in England in February. Or June come to that

millzer


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Message Posted:
06/02/2010 15:07

no you would even see you lunch over here through the FOG !!! hope you enjoyed your lunch !!!

Jeannie


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Message Posted:
06/02/2010 15:07

Lovely day today here in Bury St Edmunds. Bright sunshine and clear blue skies, plus, a few degrees warmer that it has been for some time. Definitely a feel of spring in the air. Mind you, when the sun goes down it will be freezing. Having said that, in my experience, same as Cyprus once the sun goes in.

negativenick


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Message Posted:
06/02/2010 15:14

And they laughed when i said i was off to Thailand for 6 months...



Last 3 months ave temp 30 degees, hot and sunny, pool and sea warm enough to swim in....



And leccy bill, with aircon blaring away, 15 quid a month...



oh, and no litter....

stellasstar1



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Posts: 1519

Message Posted:
06/02/2010 16:04

I ilive in an old Cypriot house with walls about 2 ft thick. In the lounge I have one of those brown round burners with a long chimney pipe inside, almost up to the ceiling. That has kept the whole house warm. The only other heating I use is putting the calor gas fire on in the bathrom when I have a shower, as the bathroom is large and does get cold. The house is still warm inside when I get up in the morning. So while the house from the outside might not look pretty like all the new villas, it's warm in the winter and cool in the summer. So you just choose what you prefer.

scruff


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Message Posted:
06/02/2010 16:36

It's only been really cold for a few days & set to change tomorrow to cloudier weather. It has mostly been a very, very mild winter.

I was much colder during winters 2002/3 & 2003/4 which were very wet with a lack of sun.

The night time temperatures for the last few days, although low, haven't been nearly as low as BBC forecast. They showed a minimum of minus 1 for Kyrenia last night. It was actually 6.3 at Kayalar at 5am this morning. OK cold, but not freezing.

Get yourself an electric blanket (must have here) & dress correctly with lots of layers & it's okay. Use Paraffin fires for affordable heat.

By the end of February winter will be over.

deecyprus4


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Message Posted:
06/02/2010 16:45

NN, funny Kevin lived there for far longer than you have been there and he certainly doesn't see things as you do.



His actual words were, 'there's shit everywhere' and 'enjoy the rainy season' lol, my advice get some wellies otherwise you will be walking in the turd filled streets .... nice, you need to get your eyes tested me thinks!

Woodspeckie


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Message Posted:
06/02/2010 17:44

Lovely sunny here in Cheshire, sat outside with a coffee.

Corbo



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Message Posted:
06/02/2010 17:48

Quite strange weather in a way. Cold out of the sun but briefly took my 3 jumpers off and lay semi naked in the sun at 2 p.m this afternoon in Lapta, wihsing the pool was heated. Was fine for a while.

walkerscott


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Message Posted:
06/02/2010 17:59

This is the worst since winter 2002 for Germany where i have one of my homes. The roads in the north are so dangerous that the Government has warned people not to use their cars. The authorities have also run out of salt!



So although Cyprus is pretty cool compared to past years it won't put me off spending most of the year there!

negativenick


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Message Posted:
06/02/2010 18:03

mess 25 - yes Dee, but he spent all his time in a bar in downtown Jomtien, no wonder he was depressed....



Wee'm in the posh bit, Pra Tumnak - just by the Kings Park and the famous soi 5 beech.....



from someone that's been here 15 years "rainy season, i don't know what all the fuss is about, about 5pm you get about an hour of heavy rain, but its no big deal", anyone that says it is is talking bo@@ocks" - his words not mine..



The only sad thing is i'm back to the TRNC in March.........

scruff


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Message Posted:
06/02/2010 19:05

If the TRNC is bad for you why come back then? Why not stay in Thailand?

deecyprus4


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Message Posted:
06/02/2010 19:09

NN you really are an arrogant little toad at times aren't you...Kev travelled all over Thailand, so do tell us all, where have you been apart from the 'posh bit' lol.



As scruff said, why come back then?

deecyprus4


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Message Posted:
06/02/2010 19:10

NN I should have added, you can't have gone far, it's only in the last week that you have stopped whinging to Kev...everytime I asked him what he was doing,he said talking to NN, that was nearly all day every day on the computer lol.

catalkoykid


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Message Posted:
06/02/2010 19:45

Bangkok

Month Min Temp �C Max Temp �C Rainfall (mm) Rainy days

Jan 21.0 32.0 9.1 1

Feb 23.3 32.7 29.9 3

Mar 24.9 33.7 28.6 3

Apr 26.1 34.9 64.7 6

May 25.6 34.0 220.4 16

Jun 25.4 33.1 149.3 16

Jul 25.0 32.7 154.5 18

Aug 24.9 32.3 344.2 21







Oct 24.3 32.0 241.6 17

Nov 23.1 31.6 48.1 6

Dec 20.8 31.3 9.7 1

catalkoykid


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Posts: 1190

Message Posted:
06/02/2010 19:50

Bangkok

Month Min Temp ?C Max Temp ?C Rainfall (mm) Rainy days

Jan 21.0 32.0 9.1 1

Feb 23.3 32.7 29.9 3

Mar 24.9 33.7 28.6 3

Apr 26.1 34.9 64.7 6

May 25.6 34.0 220.4 16

Jun 25.4 33.1 149.3 16

Jul 25.0 32.7 154.5 18

Aug 24.9 32.3 344.2 21

Oct 24.3 32.0 241.6 17

Nov 23.1 31.6 48.1 6

Dec 20.8 31.3 9.7 1

basheer



Joined: 22/12/2008
Posts: 949

Message Posted:
07/02/2010 20:55

My daughter says it's coldest in Lapta, the winds are strong and make it the coldest compared to Kyrenia

loulouis


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Message Posted:
07/02/2010 21:10

NN please stay were you are you boring arrogant f-rt .

gooligan


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Message Posted:
07/02/2010 21:24

Well I got up at 6am to go fishing yesterday and the car windscreen was frozen up,first time that has happened in the 5 years I've been here.

crofter


Joined: 16/12/2008
Posts: 1035

Message Posted:
08/02/2010 12:24

We would not say it is the coldest but yes the wettest since the winter of 2006. Prior to the winter of 2008/9 we were used to a low temp of 40 degrees in the day and it has not dropped below 50 degrees during the day this winter.

Jeannie


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Message Posted:
08/02/2010 12:26

crofter - assume you are talking about farenheit and not centigrade?

gates


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Message Posted:
08/02/2010 13:33

the first febuary i spent here 4 yrs ago was a lot colder than this it was 2 at about 9am in morns and never got a lot higher sleeping at night used to wake up with teeth aching with breathing so i think this one is warmer bit damp that makes it felll worst