"Philip Eden" philipATweatherHYPHENukDOTcom wrote in message
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I've tabulated below the totals for Luton for the last 15
years. It shows that the winter just past (which, of course,
may or may not yet be over) had an index well below
one-third of the overall mean here, notwithstanding the
frequency of snow in late-Feb and early-Mar.

1995-96 31 367
1996-97 16 160
1997-98 1 65
1998-99 4 48
1999-2000 5 108
2000-01 39 305
2001-02 2 97
2002-03 15 133
2003-04 18 107
2004-05 17 273

Mean 15 166

Hi, Philip,

My figures, alongside yours for the past 10 years. There is the obvious,
and expected, increase with height and location, but they do seem to
show some sort of similarity. When I have time, inclination and my
record books back (they are loaned out atm) I will work out a SI for my
old site at Low Etherley (155m) since 1970. In spite of the height
differences, it was definitely snowier there in the good old days!
1978 - 1979 had an index of 956 for example, but that was particularly
bad, in fact the equivalent day to today, Monday 19th March 1979 had
45cm, village isolated for much of the day and my second son was born -
but that is another story! How times change, 26 today!

Best wishes,

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