Interesting to compare this with what is currently happening with the Gulf Stream (and atmospheric circulation) and the weather in Greenland, northern Europe, and North America.<p>See:<p><a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/1/6/822520/-Freak-Current-Takes-Gulf-Stream-to-Greenland" rel="nofollow">http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/1/6/822520/-Freak-Current...</a><p>and<p><a href="http://delong.typepad.com/sdj/2010/01/englands-green-and-pleasant-land-and-scotland-wales-and-cornwall-too.html" rel="nofollow">http://delong.typepad.com/sdj/2010/01/englands-green-and-ple...</a>
So if the temperature is dominated by atmospheric flows from equator to/from pole how is the temperature of Britain so different to other places at comparable longitude (Mongolia, say)?