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RCO · February 6th 08, 10:01 AM posted to uk.sci.weather

Stamping through the snow, at proclaimed loudly and it
became the following telegram...

On 5 Feb, 17:25, Graham P Davis wrote:

Offering another straw to clutch at, 1975 also had lying snow in June in
East Anglia.

Erm, no it didn't ... Sorry to disappoint another 'urban myth'. Snow
or sleet showers fell quite widely on 2 June 1975 as far as the south-
east of England, but no snow lay anywhere except on the hills in the
north and west. The famous picture of 'snow stops play' was taken, not
in East Anglia, but at Buxton cricket ground in Derbyshire - at an
altitude a little in excess of 300 m AMSL. I can vouch from personal
observation that many of the hills in north Wales were also snow-
covered that morning, but nothing below 300-400 m or so.

Mind you, Stephen, the following week was nice! grin

--
Rob C. Overfield
Hull