To hate this old weather ?

TakeawayAugust · 2025-03-16T14:07:42+00:00

Having this cold snap in March is really miserable and sucks

PassingStranger · 17/03/2025 15:39

❄😱 hate it the cold.

RampantIvy · 17/03/2025 15:04

We have 16 degrees and rain forecast for Thursday and Friday. I shan't be shaving my legs just yet.

BeaAndBen · 17/03/2025 15:02

ConnieHeart · 17/03/2025 12:03

I've heard that said about April. We still often get frosts in April

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March - “if it comes in like a lion it goes out like a lamb, if it comes in like a lamb it goes out like a lion.”
It’s a proverb that’s been around for centuries - as a transitional month with the vernal equinox it’s generally a very changeable months with sharp icy frosts and occasional warm a lovely spells

The tail end of this week will be nice and mild, @TakeawayAugust so you haven’t got long to wait.

(April is “April showers” traditionally)

Dollydaydream100 · 17/03/2025 12:29

Does no one remember the first lockdown in March? It was gorgeous and everyone went mad ordering hot tubs and outdoor furniture. I think that was a bit of a one off though - I've driven to wales at the end of March in a snowstorm (I reckon about 8 years ago) I remember on the radio as we were driving there it said that loads of lambs had died due to the freak cold snap 😔

blobby10 · 17/03/2025 12:27

I'm just glad it isn't raining!! So lovely to come back from dog walks without half a ton of mud on my boots and/or muddy jeans from slipping over

Comedycook · 17/03/2025 12:24

It's not been too bad imo. Don't know what part of the country you're in op...but we've had a few days recently of mid teens temperature. It's predicted to be 18/19 degrees this week here in London. I can't wait!

March is often unpredictable though. One of my dcs birthday is in march. One year we had a BBQ in the garden... another year it was snowing!

ConnieHeart · 17/03/2025 12:20

Where I live we were really spoilt with the lovely weather a few weeks ago. Still bloody cold in the evenings though!

Sinkintotheswamp · 17/03/2025 12:16

Yanbu. But it always happens.

gannett · 17/03/2025 12:15

Solidarity OP. I hate March (and April for that matter too) because I've had ENOUGH of the cold. It's been five months of freezing fingers (Raynaud's syndrome) and I'm over it. Also no one ever tries to jolly you along into thinking January is "lovely" but apparently the sun shining in March means it doesn't matter that it's FIVE FUCKING DEGREES outside. DP tried to make me go for a walk at the weekend and huffed when I point blank refused to set foot outside the door.

ConnieHeart · 17/03/2025 12:03

BeaAndBen · 17/03/2025 05:04

Don’t be daft - it snows one March in three on average and icy weather is perfectly normal. It’s not been particularly cold for March. Haven’t you heard of “in like a lion, out like a lamb”?

I've heard that said about April. We still often get frosts in April

RampantIvy · 17/03/2025 11:51

Middleagedstriker · 17/03/2025 10:55

Yer just a big Jessie. We've been in shorts since Feb. My teens apparently don't wear coats as they a proper northern

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Are you all postmen/women? 😁

RedPony1 · 17/03/2025 10:57

7 years ago we were under 6 inches of snow this time in March!

It's rarely warm in March, but quite often dry

Middleagedstriker · 17/03/2025 10:55

Theunamedcat · 16/03/2025 14:41

No we used to have BBQs in March and I was definitely out of my big coat by now

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Yer just a big Jessie. We've been in shorts since Feb. My teens apparently don't wear coats as they a proper northern

RampantIvy · 17/03/2025 08:21

cheezncrackers · 17/03/2025 08:16

Where are you OP? I'm in the SE and it's mostly been really nice recently. Today is grey, but the rest of the week is due to be sunny. I appreciate that those in north and west didn't get that beautiful 10-day stretch of sun that we did though.

We actulayy did this time in Yorkshire, but it was colder than the south east. We did manage 16 degrees last weekend though, then the temperatures plummeted to frosts and maximums of 6 degrees.

MaisieMacabe · 17/03/2025 08:16

cadooyahoo · 16/03/2025 14:52

I have never been to a bbq in March!

Nor me! My birthday is in late March and I've known it to snow before now! Sometimes mild and sunny, but rarely warm.
The days this week are mostly sunny and mild.

cheezncrackers · 17/03/2025 08:16

Where are you OP? I'm in the SE and it's mostly been really nice recently. Today is grey, but the rest of the week is due to be sunny. I appreciate that those in north and west didn't get that beautiful 10-day stretch of sun that we did though.

Sharptonguedwoman · 17/03/2025 08:13

cadooyahoo · 16/03/2025 14:33

isn't this typical for March?

'It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light and winter in the shade'. Dickens 1861

FreeWave · 17/03/2025 07:33

The sun is warm here, but the wind is strong and a little cold.

stargirl1701 · 17/03/2025 07:30

It is still Winter. Spring begins on Thursday this week.

MissyB1 · 17/03/2025 07:26

AprilF00L · 16/03/2025 23:11

Never cast a cloot till May is oot

And even then June can be dodgy!

JaninaDuszejko · 17/03/2025 05:45

OneLemonGuide · 17/03/2025 05:23

Like most people I suspect, I know what that phrase means, without knowing what it means, (if that makes sense)…

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Never cast a cloot till May is oot

It makes no sense because it's only been partially translated from Scots to maintain the rhyme. It should be 'ne'er cast a cloot afore may is oot' which in English would be 'never remove any clothes before may is out'. The closest word in English to cloot would be cloth so e.g. you'd wash your dishes with a dish cloot.

Opinions vary on if it means the flower or the month but since the hawthorne flowers around May (and later in Scotland) it doesn't really matter.

malificent7 · 17/03/2025 05:24

Climate*

OneLemonGuide · 17/03/2025 05:23

AprilF00L · 16/03/2025 23:11

Never cast a cloot till May is oot

Like most people I suspect, I know what that phrase means, without knowing what it means, (if that makes sense)…

malificent7 · 17/03/2025 05:22

It helps me pretend that climste change isn't happening...i like it!

OneLemonGuide · 17/03/2025 05:17

Theunamedcat · 16/03/2025 14:41

No we used to have BBQs in March and I was definitely out of my big coat by now

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Where do you live to have bbqs in March?!

March is a transition month, so you can get properly cold weather (Beast from the East in 2018 stretched into the start of March), and milder more pleasant springlike days, but to have typical bbq weather would be very rare! Statistically it’s only 2 or 3 degrees warmer than January, though the strengthening sun makes it feel more pleasant (when the sun’s out).