On Tue, 17 Dec 2013 02:25:57 -0800 (PST)
Scott W wrote:

Apologies but I attached the wrong blog on that last post

Of interest to contributors in the Home Counties I have published a
snow survey / winter index on my blog for my area in east London. It
is inspired by the old Snow Survey of Great Britain which ceased
publication after the 1991/92 season.

Further to Dave Cornwell's comment a few weeks back that people
mostly remember a winter through the amount of days with snow lying I
decided to use the data I produced for my winter forecast and try to
find out what snow cover has been like in my area going back to
1946/47 - the first year of the original snow survey. I then divided
the snow lying days by the winter mean to give the index. I realise
there is the work of Bonacina to consider but as this is national I
wanted to look more indepth

Not surprisingly the 62/63 season came out a long way ahead of the
rest - mostly through the sheer sustained depth of the cold. There's
also one or two surprises - strange how the memory can fool you.

It is a work in progress and I would welcome any input.

http://wp.me/p2VSmb-iS

Thanks for that, Scott.

I see that 7 of my 13 schoolboy winters are in the top 20 which agrees
with my memory of snowy winters during that time.

Number 2 on the list is the first winter of which I have any
memory (at age 31 months) and number 1 is the first winter I
experienced after starting work.

--
Graham P Davis, Bracknell, Berks. Mail: 'newsman' not 'newsboy'.
'Don't let old age put you off starting complicated jigsaws. If you
don't finish, it will give guests something fun to do at your funeral.'
- Bridget&Joan's Diary.