On Tuesday, December 10, 2013 7:00:23 PM UTC, Freddie wrote:
"In the UK, Cornwall gets the least amount of snow each year with
an average of 10.2 days."
Seems ludicrously high to me


In Penzance, over the last 22 years (1992-2013 inclusive), the
averages a-
Snow Fall 2.7 days
Snow Settled 1.3 days

There's more to Cornwall than Penzance, though. I should imagine

Penzance would be one of the less snowy parts (danglers aside). Maybe
the data is for somewhere further east and further inland?

Freddie
Castle Pulverbatch
Shropshire
221m AMSL

True, but nowhere in Cornwall averages anything like 10 days a year with a snow cover, or even snow settling. I can only assume that the 10.2 days refers to days with snow falling, which may be true for parts of Bodmin Moor exposed to the north, but far from the figure for the bulk of the County.

In any case, ignoring all the issues surrounding what the 10.2 days actually refers to, the statement is also wrong because the least snowy part of the UK is not Cornwall, but the Isles of Scilly (which are not part of Cornwall).

Graham
Penzance