In fact it has felt comparatively mild in parts of the UK over the past few days with temperatures even nudging double figures in parts.
So what is the outlook for the end of the month and the start of December? - which incidentally is the official start of winter.
It is likely to turn cooler again, according to forecasters with another band of air heading in from the North.
It is not expected to be as fiercely cold as parts of the UK last week as it is not Polar in origin but is coming from an Atlantic direction.
The Met Office said it is going to stay cloudy with some patchy drizzle until Friday when things will turn a bit more wet and windy.
Strong gusts are expected in the North which could touch gale-force, while more unsettled conditions will spread southwards through next week.
Forecasters have also said it is going to turn colder from the North, with wintry weather again likely to spread southwards through next week.
The Met Office said the worst of the unsettled conditions will affect northern and western parts, including Scotland, Wales and northern England.
One of their forecasters also warned: “There are indications that temperatures are likely to remain below average for the time of year.”
Netweather said things are set to turn colder from Thursday evening over northern Britain as “another cold front approaches from the west”.
The message seems to be get the hats and gloves out again as we head into December as things start to turn colder
Forecaster Jo Farrow said: “Through the small hours the winds strengthen from the West with gales for northern Scotland.
“Heavy rain will whisk across Scotland during the night with strong winds. Dawn on Friday will be damp for northern England briefly as the front moves down over southern England bringing more cloud.
“Friday is then windy with a brisk cold northwest wind and showers feeding into western parts, bright spells too.
“By Friday evening north-east Scotland and the Northern Isles will have some miserable weather, heavy rain and north-westerly gales.
“Lively showers with hail and thunder possible will skirt along the North Sea coasts, driven by a strong northerly wind to start Saturday.”
So the message seems to be get the hats and gloves out again as we head into December as things start to turn colder.
After that, and there are of course suggestions of an unusually severe winter on the way with long-range forecasters saying January and February could dish up something pretty nasty.
We will have to wait and see.
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