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Adam Lea writes:

Am i right in assuming that Jan 1987 was more severe (in terms of
low temperatures and snow depth) than Jan 2010. Was the
significant snow as widespread as Jan 2010?

January 2010 is too recent for me to remember it too well in detail,
but Trevor Harley's site is a good starting point:

http://www.personal.dundee.ac.uk/~ta...in_january.htm

The cold spell in 1987 only lasted for a fortnight, but it included the
coldest day (in terms of maxima) over much of England (and probably
Wales too) of the 20th century (there have probably been colder days in
Scotland and Northern Ireland, where the east wing had a longer
sea-track). There was one very heavy snowfall that affected SE England
and probably East Anglia and the east Midlands too.
--
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The subjects of the King,
And when they die by thousands G.K.Chesterton:
Why, he laughs like anything." from "Song Against Grocers"