On Monday, March 25, 2013 9:05:13 AM UTC, Bertie wrote:
I'd be grateful if you knowledgeable weather-students could clarify which year it was as there seems to be some confusion in the media. The winter of 1962-63 has of course passed into folklore, so presumably it's 1963 and those outlets stating 1962 are using a lazy shorthand for 62-63

No I don't think so!

March 1962 was the coldest March on record in Coventry (to 1892) at 2.4C.

This year the mean up until yesterday was 3.0C

best wishes
Steve Jackson
Bablake Weather Station
Coventry UK
www.bablakeweather.co.uk @bablakewx on Twitter