FOR SNOW LOVERS...

[Ayetooey]

umm that's so strange considering you're at much higher latitudes, 10 years ago.. 20.. years ago did you get much more?

For real settled snow it was always a few days in Jan, that's it really. Never seen a white Christmas. There'd be a few more days over the winter where it would lightly snow/sleet for an hour and nothing would stick. Not many true snowy days in London and the South. You can thank the gulf stream for this mild weather, equivalent latitudes east and west of us, in Canada, Russia etc, are extremely cold.

[SilverKnight]

By February I think everyone's tired of the snow and near sub-zero temps. My idea of a white Christmas is a sandy beach

nah, not for me, lol

a white xmass is magical.. but I do agree, it gets to the point where you want a bit of change, although I will always be loyal to the snow/ admire it.

[ANXIETY (ADEPT)]

For real settled snow it was always a few days in Jan, that's it really. Never seen a white Christmas. There'd be a few more days over the winter where it would lightly snow/sleet for an hour and nothing would stick. Not many true snowy days in London and the South.

Coastal areas are usually snowless, no matter the latitude

[ANXIETY (ADEPT)]

nah, not for me, lol

a white xmass is magical.. but I do agree, it gets to the point where you want a bit of change, although I will always be loyal to the snow/ admire it.

Agreed. Probability for a white xmas here is about 50/50, but by the second week of January we get tons without fail -___-

[SilverKnight]

Agreed. Probability for a white xmas here is about 50/50, but by the second week of January we get tons without fail -___-

Yes that's because of what's called the winter delay, January is the coldest month in the Northern Hemisphere thus the biggest snow generator...

[SilverKnight]

For real settled snow it was always a few days in Jan, that's it really. Never seen a white Christmas. There'd be a few more days over the winter where it would lightly snow/sleet for an hour and nothing would stick. Not many true snowy days in London and the South. You can thank the gulf stream for this mild weather, equivalent latitudes east and west of us, in Canada, Russia etc, are extremely cold.

If the Gulf Stream ever disappears (or partially disappears) you are all in for a fun winter ride.

[Ylla]

We had quite a bit of snow this time last year. We were going down hills in sledges and everything. None so far 😞

[frankhammer]

It has been an incredibly dry summer so far. A tropical rain band is over us, and it is now hot and sticky.

I would love to spend a Christmass in the north of the US and experience what you take for granted.

[hurtuv]

I'll take the chance to post here a message I sent Roy by pm when we talked about the subject of snow in Portugal some months ago.

I'll just preface by saying this winter is being attypicaly snowless in areas of Portugal used to get snow. Here's a photo I took in the Estrela Mountains on December 8th:

Hi Roy

So to answer to your rep comment and elaborate a bit about snow and wintertime in Portugal:

The thing about the ski resort in the Estrela Mountains is that it is situated in Torre, the highest point in mainland Portugal at nearly 2000m, which is a sort of plateau, so the tracks are not very steep.

It can get a lot of snow tough:

Photos from May 1996

http://webx.ubi.pt/~acpombo/tortosendo/serra_1.htm

February 2014















In the old days the mountain had some remnants of snow even in the summer, and nowadays in some cooler summers as well sometimes, but not as common:

July 2014





But it can also happen that after the snow falls rain can come and melt it a bit. And it can vary quite a bit from year to year; I've been there one time in early November with a truckload of snow, but in some Decembers there can be little snow. Still, though every year it snows in many other places in Portugal, the Estrela Mountains in the most reliable one to see snow at almost all times during the cold season and have a long lasting snow cover.

If you ever want to visit, Vale do Rossim Camping is one of the favourite camping spots for me and my friends, it also has some bungallows and yurts that are really cosy in the wintertime:



There is also a really cool place called Natura Glamping in the Gardunha Mountains, with a view to Estrela:











Other good places to see snow in Portugal (again, even though most of these places get snow every year, it's may not be as frequent and long lasting as in Estrela):

North

Lamas de Mouro (also has a very good camping park and bungalows)

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@42.03...604?authuser=0

Montalegre



Pitões das Júnias



Marão Mountains and Vila Real city





Bragança city




Centre (besides Estrela)

Caramulo Mountains



Montemuro Mointains



Guarda city



Lousã Mountains (close to my city, where my photo is):



South

São Mamede Mountains



Madeira Island Mountains (best drone footage I've ever seen )



Mount Pico - Azores






That being said, mailand Portugal in winter is more about either dry weather with cold, possibly frosty mornings and sunny afternoons, or rainy weather with colder days but milder nights. Lisbon is one of the mildest places in continental Portugal due to the urban heat island it creates, but it has still gone bellow zero on some rare occasions; but if you travel a few kilometers inland, to towns like Coruche, it can be much colder, having reached about -9ºC a few years ago. Even Sagres, the Southwestern tip of the mailand, gets an average of one frost per winter according to IPMA (the national meteorological institute). Here in Coimbra, I've recorded -7ºC in my thermometer last winter (https://www.theapricity.com/forum/sh...ra#post7066432), and some few snow flakes may fall for a short time but rarely accumulate, once every 4 years or so, the last big accumulation was in 1983, but 15 minutes away by car, in the village of Roxo, at 500m altitude, it accumulates more often.

Hope you liked the pics and info .

[Mopi Licinius Crassus]

We had quite a bit of snow this time last year. None so far

you live in the UK don't you ? Where about ?

Here in Chester, this is the 2nd winter in a row with no snow (so far)