Penzance Dec11th
Most of Cornwall was sub-zero for several days during Feb 1991
although the lowest max at Penzance was +0.2°C. Both The Lizard
and Gwennap Head had at least one day below -2.0°C.
Penzance had a max of -1.1°C on both 12 and 13 Jan 1987 with
a min of -9.9°C in between, but again most of Cornwall was
much colder with maxes between -3 and -6°C.
The winters of 1985-86 and 1984-85 just missed, while that
of 1981-82 missed by a mile. There were, however, two consec-
utive ice-days on 31 Dec 1978 and 1 Jan 1979. The lowest
maxes in the winter of 1962-63 were all 0.0°C (actually,
32°F rounded to the nearest degree) on three separate days.
Before that Feb 1956 had one max of -1.7°C (i.e. 29°F)
while Jan 1947 had one of -2.2°C (28°F) which appears to
be the town's lowest.
Philip
Thanks Philip
Graham
Penzance
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