Met Office, March 2009: Mean temperatures over the UK were 1.1 C below the 1971-2000 average during December, 0.5 C below average during January and 0.2 C above average during February. The UK mean temperature for the winter was 3.2 C, which is 0.5 C below average, making it the coldest winter since 1996/97 (also 3.2 C).
Fallacy: anecdote