"Philip Eden" philipATweatherHYPHENukDOTcom wrote in message
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In article ,
Philip Eden writes:
http://www.climate-uk.com/EWSI.htm

Is that 1919 in third place? That's a bit of a surprise.

Yes, a 30cm fall on Jan 27 which stayed with a fairly gradual
ablation for 3 and a half weeks.

The median value is just below 20, and, if you divide the
data in categories 0, 1-10, 11-20, etc, the modal
category is 1-10 (29 yrs) followed by 11-20 (22 yrs).
The inference is that the South Midlands winter has
always - well, since 1900 - been rather un-snowy.

I think you are confirming what I suspected, that it is being partly
driven by the 22 year solar cycle. However if you could add
larger ticks to the x axis on a decadal timescale to the diagram
it would make things a little clearer.

Cheers, Alastair.


Philip Eden