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Gavin Staples writes:
I know this is a strange question , but I saw
someone asking on a weather site, when did Sussex last have 50 cm of lying
snow. That is 18 inches or thereabouts.
I have a vague idea. Because if they had that amount, us here in S cambs
would be close. I say January 1982. Does anyone care to challenge that one.

I live not far north of the West Sussex border. In January 1987 we had
about a foot lying, and a similar amount in January 1982. For as much as
18 inches here, I think you would have to go back to January 1963.
However, in February 1991, when we only had about 6 inches here, I
believe that amounts were considerably deeper the further east that you
went, so it's not impossible that parts of East Sussex might have had
something approaching 18 inches.
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