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Old August 29th 11, 12:00 PM posted to uk.sci.weather
Nick Gardner Nick Gardner is offline
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Default What are your most memorable weather events for your area inyour lifetime?

Summer 1983: After a cold(ish) spring came my first really warm summer.
(I was only 4 in 1976 and have very few memories of that one).

Jan 1987: the village getting cut off by huge snow-drifts. The size of
which I had not seen before.

Summer 1989: Warm, sunny, beautiful.

25th Jan 1990: The Burn's Day storm. Trees down everywhere blocking roads.

Summer 1990: After a cool start, it turned hot and I headed for Sennen
and spent July and August surfing/swimming and generally having one of
the best summers/times of my life.

7th - 8th December 1990 (Worcester): Heavy wet snow with blizzards
brought down trees, pylons and telephone lines. We had no power for
several days.

Summer 1995: A fantastic summer. I graduated from Uni that year and then
we headed to the coast in July. The heath and crop fires, and the M5
being closed because of thick smoke.

2nd - 5th July 1999 (Birmingham): Massive thunderstorms, widespread
flooding and seeing my first tornado.

August 1997 (London): Hot! Spending the evenings swimming in the outdoor
pool at Trent Park, Cockfosters, or sleeping out on the lawn at night
because it was just too hot to be indoors.

11 August 1999 (Cornwall): The total solar eclipse, OT but just had to
mention this one.

June & July 2006: The best two summer months I can remember, hot, hot
and damn hot. And then it all went cool and wet in August.
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