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2011 was a rollercoaster of a year weather-wise – from the record-breaking cold of December 2010 to the record-breaking heat of April 2011, followed by a cold and wet summer and a record-breaking warm autumn. Read about autumn 2011′s weather in our article on page 14 of the latest Laverstock & Ford Parish Newsletter. This and all previous SpireWeather Reviews are now available here.
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Hi How long do you think this very mild spell will last?
Hi Dave, several models are predicting a cold spell from this time next week, Friday 27th Jan., and into February, but there is still some uncertainty. Follow us on @SpireWeatherMan on Twitter for updates.
Thank you for showing everyone my Dubrovnik waterspout photo.
It was a fantastic sight, only wished I’d had something better than a mobile phone to take the picture.
Have lots more but this was the best!
It’s a pleasure Mo, it’s a fantastic photo, especially for a mobile phone. Thanks for allowing me to publish it.
Hello my unknown friends! Every morning first step is to open ‘spireweather’ and I am very happy when you are reporting a good weather. I am from ROMANIA and I am living temporary in the beautiful and expensive Medieval Cathedral City of Salisbury. Can you not prolong the summer?
:):) Thank you for your professional website. Best Regards from me and my family.
Hi Lucian, thank you for your kind comments – unfortunately I cannot prolong the summer but the next few days will be dry and warm! I’m glad you are enjoying our beautiful medieval city – I am sorry it is so expensive but like our English summers, I cannot do anything about it!
Hi SpireWeatherMan! Just want to say how good your new website looks! It looks really professional and I love all of the information in the bar on the right – especially the map where you can see who is visiting. It seems you have worked really hard and it has definitely paid off! Well Done
Thanks Jessica, my wife calls me her weather widow but I love my hobby & I’m glad people find the site useful!
Good work Weather Man! This is a very smart and comprehensive site. I particularly like the Astronomy section and the option to download an iPhone App (which also looks very smart & concise). You might want to consider an Android app, as I would certainly use it!
My only slight critisism is the blue font on top of black background used in the SpireWeatherMan Twitter section of your site. This makes the headers/links difficult to read compared to rest of the site. I would be tempted to lighten the blue slightly or even add a highlight. Also, (and I’m being fastidious here!), I might change the shade of blue used for your Sky Map too, but to be honest, even without a change, it is a fantastic feature!
Hi Charlotte thanks for your comments! I agree the links in the Twitter feeds were a little difficult to read, so I have lightened them, but those widgets are provided by Twitter and I can only set the colour. Likewise with the star chart, the default colours are blue during daylight hours and black at night – they are set by Your Sky and cannot be altered.
You know me – I like fastidious, so any further comments do let me know!