On Saturday, 30 November 2013 20:00:26 UTC, Lawrence Jenkins wrote:
On Saturday, 30 November 2013 19:13:59 UTC, Adam Lea wrote:

On 30/11/2013 14:57, Dave Cornwell wrote:



Jim Cannon wrote:



Thanks Keith. Before July I also noticed the similarities with 1962 -



but then July proved warm and sunny, completely unlike the wet, cold



and miserable summer of 1962. Obviously November has reverted to



'being like 1962'... Who knows - another 1963 style winter could



happen but on past form the chance is 1 per cent.







1987 is obviously my yardstick for cold in my lifetime - but I can



remember the midnight forecast on R4 all those years ago predicting



10C for Saunton Sands - while East Anglia stayed below freezing



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It's right up there. Being older of course I have 1963 but 1987 was



something worthy of an Express headline.







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?



In the SE Adam it was far more significant than ever December 2010 in terms of depth and longevity . In fact serious cold snowy spells in the SE going back purely from memory.



1997

1991

1989

1088

1985

81/82 pre Christmas

78/79

Christmas 1970

62/63



Plus other falls that are hazy unless I look them up.

Sorry scrub 89.