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Gavin Staples writes:
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?

I recall the very heavy snowfall in Surrey on the evening of what, from
the description of the month's weather that you quoted, was probably the
20th. In a matter of 4 or 5 hours, there was well over 6 inches, perhaps
not far short of a foot. (I never measured it, but that was my
impression from walking home in it.) By the time I struggled home around
9 or 10 pm, the snow had stopped, the wind had fallen almost calm, and
the temperature had risen to 0C. By the next morning, it was much milder
and a rapid thaw was in progress.
--
John Hall
"I look upon it, that he who does not mind his belly,
will hardly mind anything else."
Dr Samuel Johnson (1709-84)