On 12 Dec, 18:04, Paul Hyett wrote:
On Fri, 12 Dec 2008 at 01:11:15, Graham Easterling
wrote in uk.sci.weather :

A cold, cloudy damp day.

24 hours to 09:00 today

Max 8.0C
Min *4,4C
Rain 0.8mm

The maximum temperature was reached during the early hours. It was
only around 6C most of yesterday during daylight hours. This is the
3rd lowest maximum temperature this year, and the lowest since the
summer.

Have you ever recorded a freezing day there, and if not, has there
*ever* been one recorded in Penzance?
--
Paul Hyett, Cheltenham (change 'invalid83261' to 'blueyonder' to email me)

I haven't recorded a freezing day, however they have occured, though
normally require an easterly gale.

I think the last freezing day was in January 1987. On 12th January
1987, (I was up in Wiltshire at that time) there was (according to the
MetO) 39cm of lying snow in Penzance, and over 20cm on Scilly. I
suspect PE has got some actual figures. This was ceratinly the
heaviest fall in Penzance since 1947 ( Morrab Gardens, Penzance 1947
http://members.tripod.com/morrablect...garden%202.jpg ) In
1963 the heavy falls associated with fronts pushing in from the SW all
turned to rain eventually in Penzance. I was living at Sennen at that
time, and during 1 journey to Redruth, we got stuck in snow with
drifts feet deep, when there was none at sea level in Mount's Bay,
where it was raining.

I think there's a chance of some heavy snow showers here on Sunday,
though it's unlikely to settle. In fact under a northerly it's not
uncommon for snow showers to settle close the MSL on the Lizard,
whilst the moors of Penwith at 750' are snow free, even though they
catch the heaviest showers. I think this is due to some mixing of the
air around the Land's End peninsula, I seem to remember a discussion
with Martin about this a few years back. Under these northerly
conditions it's often colder at Scilly than at Penzance (as opposed to
an easterly, where the reverse is true.

Graham
Penzance