On 25/03/2013 11:11, Graham P Davis wrote:
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



Many thanks all, March 1962 it is then. I don't remember it, being just
6 at the time but do the following infamous winter which started with
heavy snow on Boxing Day 1962, if memory serves