It’s been the wettest winter on record for Huddersfield.

According to local weather expert Paul Stevens, 450mm of rain fell on the town between December 1 last year and February 28 this year.

That makes it the wettest winter since Met Office records began in 1908.

And while the last three months have been exceptionally wet, it wasn’t quite the wettest three months on record.

That dubious honour belongs to the autumn of 2000 when a huge 467mm fell on Huddersfield.

Paul, of Salendine Nook, said: “To find something similar you have to go back to 1914/15 or 1994/95.

“In a year we would normally get around 775mm, or 31 inches, so we are well on the way to being a wet 2014.

Paul added: “What is quite clear is how locally we seem to be able to manage excess water from our changing climate very well. I don’t know of any flooding issues locally this winter so far.

“This winter may well be remembered not for the wet in the Pennines – it always seems wet – but for the lack of frost, cold and snow. I don’t think I have scraped my car once this season.

“It’s a reminder that when you read seasonal forecasts in newspapers predicting 100 days of freeze, disruptive cold and huge fuel bills, be careful what you believe.

“It just goes to show seasonal forecasting is still in its infancy and mother nature knows best.”

While the beginning of this week will be cold and wet, Paul says, milder spring weather should follow.

“Over the next few days as we head into spring, the weather looks chilly and unsettled with local night frost and further rain with sleet and snow in places,” he said. The wintry weather is more likely on the hills rather than anything widespread.

“Later into next week we might well see spring springing as much milder weather heads north from Spain. Later next week temperatures may touch 15?C (59?F) in any prolonged sunshine.”

Spring has already arrived with a bang at Cannon Hall Farm with the arrival of more than 100 lambs in less than a week.

The lambs include 15 sets of triplets. Farmer Robert Nicholson said: “Lambing time is always a challenge, but the joy of bringing new life into the world never dims.”

But Paul added: “Let’s hope for a bit of spring this week when compared to this time last year when we where about to start to the coldest March on record for Huddersfield, a 50-hour blizzard, 14 inches of snow, drifts that buried cars all of which arrived on bitter easterly winds.

“What a difference a year in the weather can make.”

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