Frustratingly, the message I sent at 0951 has not appeared on my screen, so
this is a second attempt!
Depth of snow in the garden is 31cm which is more than I measured in Feb
1991 or Jan 1982. I am fairly confident that the is the greatest snowdepth
here since Jan 1963.

Peter Clarke
Ewell, Epsom 55m

On 2 Feb, 10:52, "peter clarke" wrote:
Frustratingly, the message I sent at *0951 has not appeared on my screen, so
this is a second attempt!
Depth of snow in the garden is 31cm which is more than I measured in Feb
1991 or Jan 1982. I am fairly confident that the is the greatest snowdepth
here since Jan 1963.

Peter Clarke
Ewell, Epsom 55m

Hi, Peter,

Message received both times, Peter and I'm very impressed - you're up
to Copley standards!!

Ken,
Copley, 20cm and rising

"peter clarke" wrote in
:

Frustratingly, the message I sent at 0951 has not appeared on my
screen, so this is a second attempt!
Depth of snow in the garden is 31cm which is more than I measured in
Feb 1991 or Jan 1982. I am fairly confident that the is the greatest
snowdepth here since Jan 1963.

Peter - how did yo get on Jan 87?

Cheers
Richard

"Richard Dixon" wrote in message
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"peter clarke" wrote in
:

Frustratingly, the message I sent at 0951 has not appeared on my
screen, so this is a second attempt!
Depth of snow in the garden is 31cm which is more than I measured in
Feb 1991 or Jan 1982. I am fairly confident that the is the greatest
snowdepth here since Jan 1963.

Peter - how did yo get on Jan 87?

Cheers
Richard

I measured 23cm on 14 Jan 1987, Richard..

Since writing the above I have been in contact with a COL member who lives
on Epsom Downs at 115m. His snowdepth this morning was 39cm and in 1987 his
snowcover was 30cm. This seems to confirm that , in this part of England, it
looks as though it has been the heaviest snowfall since the last days of
December 1962.
It is now snowing quite heavily again; I must remeasure the snowdepth later
this afternoon.

Peter Clarke
Ewell, Epsom 55m

"peter clarke" wrote in
:

Since writing the above I have been in contact with a COL member who
lives
on Epsom Downs at 115m. His snowdepth this morning was 39cm and in
1987 his snowcover was 30cm. This seems to confirm that , in this part
of England, it looks as though it has been the heaviest snowfall
since the last days of December 1962.
It is now snowing quite heavily again; I must remeasure the snowdepth
later this afternoon.

Get in contact with the BBC Weather guys - they've got 30cm as the highest
so far !

It's pretty stunning to hear someone quoting "Deepest snow since 1962/3".
Also - over how many days did that snow accumulate? Makes me wonder about a
record daily accumulation of snow.

Richard

in 45440 20090202 143331 Richard Dixon wrote:
"peter clarke" wrote in
:

Since writing the above I have been in contact with a COL member who
lives
on Epsom Downs at 115m. His snowdepth this morning was 39cm and in
1987 his snowcover was 30cm. This seems to confirm that , in this part
of England, it looks as though it has been the heaviest snowfall
since the last days of December 1962.
It is now snowing quite heavily again; I must remeasure the snowdepth
later this afternoon.

Get in contact with the BBC Weather guys - they've got 30cm as the highest
so far !

It's pretty stunning to hear someone quoting "Deepest snow since 1962/3".
Also - over how many days did that snow accumulate? Makes me wonder about a
record daily accumulation of snow.

Richard

I was in North Kent and most of it came Saturday night and Sunday morning.
I had trouble working out which car was mine out of all the colourless white humps.

"Richard Dixon" wrote in message
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"peter clarke" wrote in
:

Since writing the above I have been in contact with a COL member who
lives
on Epsom Downs at 115m. His snowdepth this morning was 39cm and in
1987 his snowcover was 30cm. This seems to confirm that , in this part
of England, it looks as though it has been the heaviest snowfall
since the last days of December 1962.
It is now snowing quite heavily again; I must remeasure the snowdepth
later this afternoon.

Get in contact with the BBC Weather guys - they've got 30cm as the highest
so far !

It's pretty stunning to hear someone quoting "Deepest snow since 1962/3".
Also - over how many days did that snow accumulate? Makes me wonder about
a
record daily accumulation of snow.

Richard

The snow in 1962 started here in the afternoon of Boxing Day and continued
through the night and all the next day ( the 27th), when it gradually died
out. I estimate that it was about a foot deep ( confession: I don't remember
measuring it!) Then, 2 days later( Saturday 29th) a blizzard started in the
evening and lasted most of the night. I estimate that about another 6
inches accumulated. All roads in this area were impassable the next day,
especially as there was freezing rain for a time in the morning. I
distinctly remember, on the 29th, disbelieving we would get another heavy
fall because we had already had more than I had ever seen before! But we
did get more so I was suitably astounded. After that, although there were
frequent falls in January and February, none compared with the falls at the
end of |December.

Peter Clarke

Richard Dixon wrote:

"peter clarke" wrote in
:

Since writing the above I have been in contact with a COL member who
lives
on Epsom Downs at 115m. His snowdepth this morning was 39cm and in
1987 his snowcover was 30cm. This seems to confirm that , in this part
of England, it looks as though it has been the heaviest snowfall
since the last days of December 1962.
It is now snowing quite heavily again; I must remeasure the snowdepth
later this afternoon.

Get in contact with the BBC Weather guys - they've got 30cm as the highest
so far !

It's pretty stunning to hear someone quoting "Deepest snow since 1962/3".
Also - over how many days did that snow accumulate? Makes me wonder about
a record daily accumulation of snow.

Richard

Rushden (Northants) had 24" of snow in 4 hours on 4th March 1970. I think
that beats anything we've got or will get today.

--
Graham P Davis, Bracknell, Berks., UK. E-mail: newsman not newsboy

On Feb 2, 2:33*pm, Richard Dixon wrote:
"peter clarke" wrote :

*Since writing the above I have been in contact with a COL member *who
*lives
on Epsom Downs at 115m. His snowdepth this morning was 39cm and in
1987 his snowcover was 30cm. This seems to confirm that , in this part
of England, it looks as though it has been the heaviest snowfall
since the last days of December 1962.
It is now snowing quite heavily again; I must remeasure the snowdepth
later this afternoon.

Get in contact with the BBC Weather guys - they've got 30cm as the highest
so far !

It's pretty stunning to hear someone quoting "Deepest snow since 1962/3".
Also - over how many days did that snow accumulate? Makes me wonder about a
record daily accumulation of snow.

Richard

Well judging by your results the 25cm - 27cm [10-11 inches] I have had
in Knaphill [NW Surrey, 3 miles West Woking] will probably be the
greatest snow depth here since the winter of 1963. Amazing!

On Feb 2, 1:35*pm, "peter clarke" wrote:
"Richard Dixon" wrote in message

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"peter clarke" wrote in
:

Frustratingly, the message I sent at *0951 has not appeared on my
screen, so this is a second attempt!
Depth of snow in the garden is 31cm which is more than I measured in
Feb 1991 or Jan 1982. I am fairly confident that the is the greatest
snowdepth here since Jan 1963.

Peter - how did yo get on Jan 87?

Cheers
Richard

I *measured *23cm *on 14 Jan 1987, Richard..

*Since writing the above I have been in contact with a COL member *who lives
on Epsom Downs at 115m. His snowdepth this morning was 39cm and in 1987 his
snowcover was 30cm. This seems to confirm that , in this part of England, it
looks as though it has been the heaviest snowfall *since the last days of
December 1962.
It is now snowing quite heavily again; I must remeasure the snowdepth later
this afternoon.

Peter Clarke
Ewell, Epsom 55m

Snow cover here this morning was 28 cm, now up to over 30 cm.
On 14 Jan 87 I recorded 39 cm, which is my highest (starting 1983).
There was some evidence from the radar last night that I was
nearer the southern edge of the heavy stuff than Peter Clarke which
may explain why I have had no more than him despite the greater
altitude.

Tudor Hughes, Warlingham, NE Surrey, 556 ft, 169 m.