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Tudor Hughes writes:
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?

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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

Even in Cranleigh in SW Surrey we got quite a dumping, which is very
unusual. The snow only lasted for the one night here, but there must
have been 25-30cm. We haven't had a single fall as heavy as that since,
and I'm not sure that I can remember one quite as heavy previously.

Surprisingly, the buses were running (they must have done a very good
job of gritting the roads), but when I arrived at the forecourt of
Guildford Station there was a railwayman telling everyone: "There are no
trains. We don't know when there will be any trains. We advise you to go
home." So I did.

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.

There wasn't enough wind for any drifting that day, but I remember that
the wind got up enough the next day to cause some, even though it wasn't
actually snowing.

A short but very intense cold spell, with the snow all gone by the
24th.

Yep.
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