Another feature of that month, here in the NW, was the remarkable dryness.
We had only 5mm here in Coleraine, and parts of West Ulster, in Co.Donegal,
has a grand total of 0mm.

Same here in Weston Coyney (N. Midlands) we had one of our driest months
on record!
However about 12 miles away in the Staffordshire Moorlands they had the
worst blizzards since 1947 with drifts up to 20 feet deep.
I remember it well as I took lots of photos and also saved my local
newspaper cuttings which are still intact. I still have to show people
the paper clippings before they believe me!
It was great to go up into this amazing Winter wonderland (once they had
cleared a way through) and then come back to very cold but mostly dry
conditions with no disruption at all.
My wife who is from London could not believe the amount of snow, she had
never seen anything like it and was really worried about moving up here.
As it happens she moved up in 1988 so she had nothing to worry about
Hard to think about February being so cold after the last seven, sorry
make that eight!!
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Graham