[lowfighter]

It's interesting, I don't know about the weather changes in western Europe, but in Romania the winter conditions changed drastically over the last 30 years at least. 30 years ago I was 10 years old and it was the rule that we had good snow each year and that it will last for months. Now not anymore, persistent snow appears sometimes as a fluctuation. No need for statistics here, everyone in Romania which is older than 20 years knows that because he saw it with his own eyes..