On Tue, 10 Dec 2013 11:26:11 -0800 (PST)
Graham Easterling wrote:

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?


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.


Just got a reply on FB from the Met Office and the figure is for snow
lying. My 1912-38 chart for snow lying shows a few, small, closed 5-day
isopleths containing no 10-day lines. These figures do not appear to be
limited to low ground.


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