On Saturday, 30 November 2013 19:13:59 UTC, Adam Lea wrote:


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?


You certainly are as far as this place is concerned. On 12 Jan the min was -12.4°C follwed by a 12-hr max of -9.2°C with sunshine and a light wind. The 24-hr max was -8.9°C. In the evening it started snowing and continued for about 2 days, to a total level depth of 39 cm here. I don't think the snow was very widespread. There was much less in west Surrey but the North Downs in Kent got a monster dumping (over 3 feet) and Essex got quite a lot. No blizzard - force 4 max and mostly less. A short but very intense cold spell, with the snow all gone by the 24th.

Tudor Hughes, Warlingham, NE Surrey, 556 ft.