On Sat, 23 Mar 2013 13:28:46 +0000
Adam Lea wrote:



Missing the point. It is not about snow it is about the duration of
the cold. How long in those examples you give did the cold and snow
last before it got milder again? I can tell you June 1975 was no more
than a freak few days then immediately followed by a heatwave for
starters. How often at this time of year do you get 3+ weeks of
SUSTAINED well below average temperatures with no milder interludes
right down to the south coast and beyond. Can't be very often if you
have to go back to 1987 and then 1963 to find colder Marches.

I go along with what you say but, to be pedantic, March 1963 wasn't
particularly cold (CET 6.0C), 1962 was much colder (2.8C), the 16th
coldest in CET records.

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Graham P Davis, Bracknell, Berks.
Carlos Seixas, Sonata nº 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXox7vonfEg
And for something completely different, Cumberland Gap:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsU-LTwx8Co