In article ,
Scott Whitehead writes:
It will be 18 years next month since we (the South East) had anything
like an interesting winter - January 1987. We experienced impressive
snowfalls (albeit very localised) in February 1991 but nothing like
the low temperatures recorded four years earlier. Other half notable
periods were November 1993 (typically I was out of the country for
that one) and December '96/ January '97 (limited snow). Since then it
has been the odd two or three day cold snap that brings a paltry 3cm
snowfall that thaws the next day.
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I think you set the "interesting" dividing line rather high. I think we
were rather spoilt by the ten years from 1978-87, when we had
"interesting" winters with exceptional frequency. We've had periods like
this before. There were few "interesting" winters between the two World
Wars, and 1971-7 was another "boring" period.
--
John Hall

"Distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes."
Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)