In message , Jonathan Stott
writes
Ron Button wrote:
Just noticed on the historical charts pages the remarkable similarity
between this week and the same in1965,
My eldest son was born on march 2nd accompanied by a remarkable
snowstorm ,which lay many inches deep for several days ,with some
very low temps at night I seem to remember .Its events like that that
helps one remember birthdays and wedding aniversaries of course .

What were the NE-continental temperatures like in 1965? And the North
Sea surface temperatures?


Copenhagen 12z temperature/dewpoint

Feb 1965

22nd +0.1/-07.8
23rd +0.1/-03.9
24th missing
25th -02.2/-12.8
26th -02.2/-12.2
27th -05.0/-10.0
28th -06.1/-11.1

The temperature then stayed continuously below zero till 10th March.

At RAF Lakenheath the 12z temperature on 22nd Feb was +5.8. Colder
conditions gradually spread in during the following days and on 2nd
March Lakenheath reported mod/hvy snow all day. The temperature at 00z
on 3rd March was -9.8. The max on 3rd was +0.8 and on the 4th it was
+1.3. It didn't warm up until 8th March.

An interesting start to March :-)

Norman.
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Norman Lynagh Weather Consultancy
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England