The item you mention , Tom, is on page 205 of the book and the date of the
snowfall was 25 Feb 1933 when the snow was 6 ins deep at Durham and 30 ins
deep in Teesdale at 800ft.
It's quite rare , of course to find a low moving west in winter but I
remember another occasion in December 1946 when a low moved west from
Denmark which gave widespread snow but not on the scale of 1933.
Peter Clarke
Ewell 55m
"Tom Bennett" wrote in message
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Typically, I can't lay my hands on my copy of Manley ("Climate and the
British Scene") just when I need it, but I do recall his description of a
westward-moving February low, (1920s?) which put a fair bit of snow onto
the eastern Pennines.

I remember, as a teenager, looking longingly at the set-up (he included a
pressure chart in the description) and wondering if and when it might
occur again. I can't recall that happening but I think it must have done.

I'll be interested to see how this one compares to previous incidents. And
if anyone can flesh out that reference to Manley, I'd appreciate it.

- Tom.