On Mon, 25 Mar 2013 09:05:13 +0000
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. As I said earlier, March 1963 was not cold (CET 6.0C) whereas March
1962 was the 16th coldest in the CET record (starts in 1663) with a
temperature of only 2.8C.

Some averages for March for comparison:
1921-50: 5.92C
1951-80: 5.58C
1981-2010: 6.58C


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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