We've had fog here too today and it's been all damp and drizzly. Would prefer to have mild and damp for New Year's Eve; would rather not stand outside in freezing temperatures, watching fireworks at midnight!
Not totally weather related but I got a real surprise when I went into the garden just before it got dark. I built a pond this year and we've had 3 frogs living in it over the summer ~ 1 female and 2 males. I hadn't seen any of them since the end of October and thought they'd all gone to wherever frogs go/hibernate during the winter. This afternoon though I happened to glance down at the pond and saw the female one under the ice, looking up at me! I thought she wasn't alive at first but when I tapped the ice, she hid under a plant. It's a shallow pond; probably 20cms at its deepest and it still hasn't totally 'defrosted' yet although there's water at the edges of it. But if the frog's been in there the last couple of weeks, she must have found a good spot, possibly under a large stone or something because that pond's been frozen solid since the beginning of December!