It may start to get a few degrees warmer but it will still be cold until April and even then compared to what you are used to it will be very cold. Tends to be colder up here in the North than the South (because we are harder up here lol) but it won't start getting warm until June/July time and even then you are not guaranteed that here in the UK, especially as our weather is messed up at the moment.

EDIT: and you pronounce Middlesbrough as MIDDLES-BRUH

How cold is it at the moment? And how "warm" is warm expected to be up to April? And how warm does June/July get?

well, the lowest recorded recently in the UK was -22C albeit that was in the Scottish Highlands but -10C has been pretty common.
Where I live we've been lucky to see it above OC during the day for 3 weeks now.
(wait for all the Canadians etc. to start chipping in saying how warm that is )

Don't really expect to get anything much over 20C on a regular basis in the North during the summer (unless we get a freak summer to match this winter).

if it's a seperate detachable fleece that sounds good (wanted to check that it wasn't just a thin fleece lining) & you should be able to use the fleece as a casual top for much of the year.

20C on summers? You're kidding, right?

So how "warm" can I expect my Feb-May? 15C?

Thanks for the idea on the fleece lining. How would you describe a "thin" fleece lining? IIRC, that "inner jacket" was about 3-5mm thick...

Feb 15 degrees C? I wish lol. At the moment it's just got above freezing and is about 2-4 degrees C, bearing in mind it was -7 during the day and down to -15 at night last week. Seems to be thawing here in Darlington which as you know is just up the road from Stockton.

Our summers are mainly rainy days with a few sunny ones thrown in and fairly warm but still may be cold for you but you will get used to it. They are saying though that we will get warm summers now to match this freakish winter.

http://weather.uk.msn.com/monthly_averages.aspx?wealocations=wc:UKXX0141&q=Stockton-on-Tees%2c+England+forecast:averagesm

Monthly averages °F | °C

January Avg Low: 2° Avg High: 6° Avg precip: 3.76 cm
February Avg Low: 2° Avg High: 7° Avg precip: 3.34 cm
March Avg Low: 3° Avg High: 10° Avg precip: 2.95 cm
April Avg Low: 4° Avg High: 12° Avg precip: 4.57 cm
May Avg Low: 6° Avg High: 15° Avg precip: 2.9 cm
June Avg Low: 10° Avg High: 18° Avg precip: 4.46 cm
July Avg Low: 12° Avg High: 21° Avg precip: 3.72 cm
August Avg Low: 12° Avg High: 20° Avg precip: 4.54 cm
September Avg Low: 10° Avg High: 18° Avg precip: 3.93 cm
October Avg Low: 7° Avg High: 13° Avg precip: 4.95 cm
November Avg Low: 4° Avg High: 9° Avg precip: 4.33 cm
December Avg Low: 2° Avg High: 7° Avg precip: 4.15 cm

Yeah, look at the precipitation in June and August, a proper UK summer lol

And it's currently the "average temp" in Stockon right now, so the "cold spell" is done for now.

WHAT THE F*CK!!!! I guess you guys aren't kidding about that cold. I'm looking at wearing at least 3 layers of clothing or maybe a jacket ALL YEAR ROUND!!

It's like, your warmest days are our coolest! Brrr!!

How's the sky like during those months? Is it cloudy year-round, with just patches of sunshine? Or are there some nice sunny days even though the temperature is nut-sack-freezin' cold?

Mace, I just printed out a big-ass map to get my bearings, with Stockton/Middlesbrough as the center. Now I see you're just to my left. I was wondering, what type of road is the A66? Is that the UK's equivalent of the "interstate"? I'm looking at a 4-lane highway (google maps), so isn't that kinda small? Or are UK roads really smaller?

Also, long will it take you to go "up the road" to Stockton? Just want to get a feel for distance and travel times...

Last weekend in the Yorkshire dales: