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Old April 9th 17, 06:05 PM posted to uk.sci.weather
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Default 14 april 1966 snow all day and temps near freezing

On 09/04/2017 17:42, Brian W Lawrence wrote:
On 09/04/2017 11:11, P.Chortik wrote:

What a contrast to the conditions currently over most of the U.K.
According to my weather diary for Merstham,Sy.started as a schoolboy
and continuing for several years beyond ;
At 7.30 a.m. Thursday awoke to moderate snow,temp 2c and falling.Snow
lying--milk float unable to make it today.


In The D.Telegraph the following day I believe the weather section had
Cardiff registering a temperature of -1c at lunchtime with snow
falling and
IIRC the temps in the South of England struggled to rise much above
freezing anywhere that day.


The Times has these temps: Belfast 37, Birmingham 36, Bristol 32,
Cardiff 30, Edinburgh 37, London 32, Manchester 36. Northern Europe
suffered too: Amsterdam 39, Berlin 36, Brussels 32, Cologne 39,
Copenhagen 28, Dublin 37, Helsinki 23, Luxembourg 32, Oslo 27, Stockholm
27.

"London has coldest April day since 1911"


Rainfall equivalent on that date to 6 p.m.BST,and all from snow ; 0.60".



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Oh dear, I can remember that event. Geology field trip to Forest of Dean
and the Malverns. Heavy wet snow above about 300'-400' gave a covering
of several inches. All rather miserable, damp and cold.

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