Can anybody confirm that my memory isn´t playing tricks on me; on Boxing Day
in 1985 I remember waking up to heavy snowfall, leaving a deep covering. My
parents only seem to remember the infamous 1962 Boxing Day snowfall (the
start of the big un).

If it is true then it will rank as my only really true snowy Xmas period.

And if my memory serves me right, 1985 was a very snowy winter overall with
a severe cold spell in early February.
______________
Nick G
Exe Valley, Devon
45 m amsl

In article ,
Nick G writes:
Can anybody confirm that my memory isn´t playing tricks on me; on Boxing Day
in 1985 I remember waking up to heavy snowfall, leaving a deep covering. My
parents only seem to remember the infamous 1962 Boxing Day snowfall (the
start of the big un).

If it is true then it will rank as my only really true snowy Xmas period.

Whereabouts were you living then? If in the north of England or Scotland
it could be possible. There was heavy rain in the south, with colder
weather arriving late in the day.

Boxing Day, 1984 seems a better candidate, when wintry showers extended
south to SW England.

And if my memory serves me right, 1985 was a very snowy winter overall with
a severe cold spell in early February.

I'm unclear, since you referred earlier to Boxing Day 1985, whether you
mean the winter of 1985-6 or 1984-5. February, 1986 was severely cold,
though without that much snow in most of the south; both January and
February, 1985 had severely cold, snowy spells.
--
John Hall

"I am not young enough to know everything."
Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)

I was living in Worcester at that time, and I am sure it was Boxing Day
1985.

I have just been looking through some old (and very unclear) notes made at
the time and the cold spell I was referring to seems to have happened in Feb
1985 (not 86), I think the extremely cold spell started around the 7th Feb
when rain turned to snow.

I do remember a day starting very wet and ended up by evening frozen with
deep snow. I recall that the cold spell lasted a week at least with further
snowfall and the temperatures remained below freezing day and night.
______________
Nick G
Exe Valley, Devon
45 m amsl

"John Hall" wrote in message
...
In article ,
Nick G writes:
Can anybody confirm that my memory isn´t playing tricks on me; on Boxing
Day
in 1985 I remember waking up to heavy snowfall, leaving a deep covering.
My
parents only seem to remember the infamous 1962 Boxing Day snowfall (the
start of the big un).

If it is true then it will rank as my only really true snowy Xmas period.

Whereabouts were you living then? If in the north of England or Scotland
it could be possible. There was heavy rain in the south, with colder
weather arriving late in the day.

Boxing Day, 1984 seems a better candidate, when wintry showers extended
south to SW England.

And if my memory serves me right, 1985 was a very snowy winter overall
with
a severe cold spell in early February.

I'm unclear, since you referred earlier to Boxing Day 1985, whether you
mean the winter of 1985-6 or 1984-5. February, 1986 was severely cold,
though without that much snow in most of the south; both January and
February, 1985 had severely cold, snowy spells.
--
John Hall

"I am not young enough to know everything."
Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)

"Nick G" wrote in message
...
Can anybody confirm that my memory isn´t playing tricks on me; on Boxing
Day
in 1985 I remember waking up to heavy snowfall, leaving a deep covering.
My
parents only seem to remember the infamous 1962 Boxing Day snowfall (the
start of the big un).

If it is true then it will rank as my only really true snowy Xmas period.

And if my memory serves me right, 1985 was a very snowy winter overall
with
a severe cold spell in early February.
______________
Nick G
Exe Valley, Devon
45 m amsl

Here in Epsom, Boxing Day 1985 was very wet with continuous rain, which
started in the early hours, and a strong north-east wind. It slowly turned
colder during the day with the rain turning to sleet before the clearance
arrived towards evening. The combined rainfall for Christmas Day and Boxing
Day was 47mm.
I believe that the colder air reached the west country much earlier than in
the south-east which would explain the heavy snow in the Exe Valley, Nick.

Peter Clarke
Ewell, Epsom 55m

"Nick G" wrote in message
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I was living in Worcester at that time, and I am sure it was Boxing Day
1985.

I have just been looking through some old (and very unclear) notes made at
the time and the cold spell I was referring to seems to have happened in
Feb
1985 (not 86), I think the extremely cold spell started around the 7th Feb
when rain turned to snow.

I do remember a day starting very wet and ended up by evening frozen with
deep snow. I recall that the cold spell lasted a week at least with
further
snowfall and the temperatures remained below freezing day and night.
______________
Nick G
Exe Valley, Devon
45 m amsl


I recall that one in February 1985. That was excellent. I was in Ormskirk, S
Lancashire and I remember it raining in the morning. It was very dark. Later
in the day the rain turned to sleet, then wet snow. Most of us at college
got quite excited. This wet snow carried on for about 3 hours and then
suddenly it began to settle. By 7.00 pm there was quite a covering. A depth
built up to around 6 inches or so. This was on the west side of the country.
It was amazing.

Snow lay for at least 2 weeks and in other parts of the country there was
deep snow and widespread drifting.

I have never experienced a cold spell like that one. We always see snow
turning to rain, yeah, it bores us to death. But RAIN turning to SNOW and
then setling like that.

That was a very rare event.

Gavin.

got quite excited. This wet snow carried on for about 3 hours and then
suddenly it began to settle. By 7.00 pm there was quite a covering. A
depth
built up to around 6 inches or so.

It must have been a particularly boring maths lesson but in my old exercise
book there is a little comment scrawled in the corner of the page: "rain
turning to snow, oh yes!" dated the Thursday 7th Feb. I seem to remember
that maths was in the afternoon so it would have turned to snow around
2-3pm, that was in Worcester.

It was remarkable in the fact that it started off raining then turned to
snow and then froze.
_______________
Nick G
Exe Valley, Devon
45 m amsl

In message , Nick G
writes
got quite excited. This wet snow carried on for about 3 hours and then
suddenly it began to settle. By 7.00 pm there was quite a covering. A
depth
built up to around 6 inches or so.

It must have been a particularly boring maths lesson but in my old exercise
book there is a little comment scrawled in the corner of the page: "rain
turning to snow, oh yes!" dated the Thursday 7th Feb. I seem to remember
that maths was in the afternoon so it would have turned to snow around
2-3pm, that was in Worcester.

It was remarkable in the fact that it started off raining then turned to
snow and then froze.
_______________
Nick G
Exe Valley, Devon
45 m amsl

At Birmingham Airport on 7 Feb 85 there was slight to moderate rain till
0700 with the temp 3-4 deg. It then turned to sleet which persisted
right through till 10 p.m. when it turned to drizzle. The sleet
fluctuated between slight (code 68) and mod/hvy (code 69) with the
temperature mostly 2 deg. There was no snow reported in any of the obs.
I don't have any rainfall totals.

Norman.
(delete "thisbit" twice to e-mail)
--
Norman Lynagh Weather Consultancy
Chalfont St Giles 85m a.s.l.
England

"Nick G" wrote in message
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It was remarkable in the fact that it started off raining then turned to
snow and then froze.
_______________
Nick G
Exe Valley, Devon
45 m amsl



:-) we don't get things like that these days.

"Norman Lynagh" wrote in
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In message , Nick G
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remarkable in the fact that it started off raining then turned to
At Birmingham Airport on 7 Feb 85 there was slight to moderate rain till
0700 with the temp 3-4 deg. It then turned to sleet which persisted right
through till 10 p.m. when it turned to drizzle. The sleet fluctuated
between slight (code 68) and mod/hvy (code 69) with the temperature mostly
2 deg. There was no snow reported in any of the obs. I don't have any
rainfall totals.

Norman.
(delete "thisbit" twice to e-mail)
--
Norman Lynagh Weather Consultancy
Chalfont St Giles 85m a.s.l.
England

That confuses things a bit. I know it was either the January then or perhaps
a bit later in the February. It was definately 1985 as that was my final
year at Ormskirk.

I would have to read the weather logs of either Jan or Feb to get the right
date. Its mentioned in those I know.

"Nick G" wrote in message
...
Can anybody confirm that my memory isn´t playing tricks on me; on Boxing
Day
in 1985 I remember waking up to heavy snowfall, leaving a deep covering.
My
parents only seem to remember the infamous 1962 Boxing Day snowfall (the
start of the big un).

If it is true then it will rank as my only really true snowy Xmas period.

And if my memory serves me right, 1985 was a very snowy winter overall
with
a severe cold spell in early February.
______________
Nick G
Exe Valley, Devon
45 m amsl



Well Iwould say that NE England and Scotland could have seen heavy snowfalls
judging by the re-analysis chart:-

http://www.wetterzentrale.de/archive...0119851226.gif


Regards


SB