On Jan 13, 12:24*am, "Dave Cornwell"
wrote:
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... And even on my "high" (?) ground 140 metres above sea level, we can
have very different weather from the bottom of the hill. *I have lived
here for 16 years and I reckon we must be one of the snowiest areas of
SE England - well, it must have snowed at least ten times in those 16
years:-)

Jack in South Cambridgeshire (approx 52 degs N : 0 degs E/W)

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I said to my wife "it would have snowed here last night if we were higher"
(true) . She said " sorry, about that, Dave"
I wanted altitude, but all I got was platitude. ;-(

Dave

Well, it probably would have done, but there again if your
aunt's got balls she's your uncle.
To be serious for once, it's worth noting that here, 15 miles south of
central London at 556 ft (169 m) the mean annual rainfall (25 yrs,
measured) is 814 mm (32.0") whereas the figure for central London
itself is probably no more than 600 mm or about 23". Some of this
difference is a slight rain-shadow effect but most of it is purely
altitude. There is a big difference in the amount of snow but a lot
if that is due to the heat-island effect.

Tudor Hughes, Warlingham, Surrey.