February 1969
February 1969 was a very cold wintry month with a CET of 1.0

The month started unsttled as a low tracked across Scotland bringing
rain but as the low moved into the North Sea, a cold northerly set in
bringing with it snow showers to many parts. On the 3rd, many places woke up
to a covering but a warm front moving into the NW brought initially snow
then rain as milder air moved in. This mild interlude continued until the
6th, when a vigorous cold front plunged southwards reintroducing the cold
northerly with snow showers. There were severe frosts at night, Manchester
recorded -13C on the 8th, and snow cover over many parts. This lasted until
the 10th, when a warm front bought snowfalls followed by a very brief mild
interlude before cold NWlies brought snow showers again. The following few
days brought the coldest and severest weather of the winter, with low
pressure over Europe and high pressure near Iceland pulling down very cold
northerlies and north-easterlies across the UK. On the 14th, a polar low
brought heavy snowfalls to northern parts of England with depths up to 9".
With the deep snow cover, there were very low nighttime minima with
temperatures getting as low as -20C in places.
Low pressure was moving into the Brest area of France and this
introduced an easterly flow between itself and the high over Scandinavia.
Fronts moving up from the the parent low brought snowfalls to central and
southern parts. On the 21st, the fronts had made it to northern England and
this allowed milder weather into the south with a thaw. Over the next couple
of days, fronts moved into the south with rain but they could not introduce
the milder weather further north by the blocking Scandinavian high, which by
the end of the month had reintoduced the colder weather to the south.


Source: TWO.

My Comments:
I can just about remember this one as a small child.
This was what one would regard as a proper winter month.
I don't see us getting many more of these. Can anyone on this ng give
any account of what this month was like?
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