"Tony Kenyon" wrote in message
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Having lived in Winchester on and off for about ten years I can confirm
that, meteorologically speaking, it is the most boring place in Britain!

It never gets too hot in summer nor too cold in winter due to its proximity
to the sea. Fronts coming in from the west tend to have lost their vigour by
the time they get here and easterly winds fail to deliver snow showers as
they die out around London.. Thunderstorms no longer seem to come up from
the south and north westerlys are guaranteed to give clear blue skies in
any season rather than the heavy showers experienced elsewhere. Strong winds
are rare due to the shelter of the surrounding downs. To cap it all one
never knows whether to look at the forecast for the SE or SW!

Perhaps this is why so many "normal" people see it as the ideal place?!!

Bored regards

Tony


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I was living in Whitchurch during the '63 winter, and couldn't get into
Winchester to school for about a week. Nobody there believed me when I said
the main road was under 12 feet of snow (no dual carriageway in those days,
but a single track road in between banks and hedges). It took the army 10
days to break through from Bullington to the village. The top of the double
deck bus was below the top of the snow wall when they got the service
running again. Utter disbelief (from teachers as well as kids) when I took
in the photos a few days later. Winchester itself had about 6 inches of snow
from that fall.

jim, Northampton