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Graham P Davis · February 8th 08, 10:09 AM posted to uk.sci.weather

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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.

Sorry to disappoint you Stephen but you are wrong. I drove through East
Anglia on the A45 - the old one that is, now the A14 - shortly after the
snowfall, when the sun was breaking through, and saw snow lying on grass
and roofs. I was told later that, in Bury St Edmunds town centre, snow
covered footpaths and roads for a time. It was said the depth looked to be
about a couple of inches though, as the viewpoint was the Co-op first-floor
window, this is not too reliable.

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