Hi, All,

I read most posts on the ng and some make me look back at my record.
The recent one about consecutive snow lying days (50% or more) has
held my interest, and surprise.
Snow has covered all the ground here since 17th December which is 24
days tomorrow (even December 1976 was 24 days).
I looked at the big one 1978 / 79 in my record which ran from 29th
December to 1st March = 63 days.
After that I stopped looking, although February 1986 had full cover
throughout and more either side.
1963 would be even snowier but my record there is for Scarborough. I
think Durham Observatory was full cover all January and all February
and more. I have the record somewhere.
1947, the year of the 83 inches level in Teesdale, was full cover all
February and March plus some of January I think. I also have the
record somewhere.
Basically then Copley with 24 consecutive days so far is not yet
anywhere near and I'm amazed that some areas are approaching records.

Best wishes,
Ken
Copley, Teesdale

In article
,
Ken Cook writes:
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1963 would be even snowier but my record there is for Scarborough. I
think Durham Observatory was full cover all January and all February
and more. I have the record somewhere.

There must have been quite a few places that managed that. We even
managed it here in lowland Surrey, with a continuous full cover from
late on Boxing Day to 1st March.
--
John Hall
"Acting is merely the art of keeping a large group of people
from coughing."
Sir Ralph Richardson (1902-83)

On Jan 8, 6:31*pm, Ken Cook wrote:
Hi, All,

I read most posts on the ng and some make me look back at my record.
The recent one about consecutive snow lying days (50% or more) has
held my interest, and surprise.
Snow has covered all the ground here since 17th December which is 24
days tomorrow (even December 1976 was 24 days).
I looked at the big one 1978 / 79 in my record which ran from 29th
December to 1st March = 63 days.
After that I stopped looking, although February 1986 had full cover
throughout and more either side.
1963 would be even snowier but my record there is for Scarborough. I
think Durham Observatory was full cover all January and all February
and more. I have the record somewhere.
1947, the year of the 83 inches level in Teesdale, was full cover all
February and March plus some of January I think. I also have the
record somewhere.
Basically then Copley with 24 consecutive days so far is not yet
anywhere near and I'm amazed that some areas are approaching records.

Best wishes,
Ken
Copley, Teesdale

It will be interesting to see how long some of the snow piles last. At
my auction last night, in their yard, the snow pile was around 12 feet
tall, i would expect that it will be late march before it goes!

"Ken Cook" wrote in message
...
Hi, All,

I read most posts on the ng and some make me look back at my record.
The recent one about consecutive snow lying days (50% or more) has
held my interest, and surprise.
Snow has covered all the ground here since 17th December which is 24
days tomorrow (even December 1976 was 24 days).
I looked at the big one 1978 / 79 in my record which ran from 29th
December to 1st March = 63 days.
After that I stopped looking, although February 1986 had full cover
throughout and more either side.
1963 would be even snowier but my record there is for Scarborough. I
think Durham Observatory was full cover all January and all February
and more. I have the record somewhere.
1947, the year of the 83 inches level in Teesdale, was full cover all
February and March plus some of January I think. I also have the
record somewhere.
Basically then Copley with 24 consecutive days so far is not yet
anywhere near and I'm amazed that some areas are approaching records.

Best wishes,
Ken
Copley, Teesdale

February/ March 1986 had interuppted snow cover in this area. Most of the
snowfalls were nout more than a dusting that thawed after no more than 3
days.
I can remember local ponds being frozen for several weeks and skating on
them for hours at a time, the ice was well over a foot thick.

The data I have for 1981/82 is for Motherwell, the site is considerably
lower than mine but the closest I can get hold of. They had 4 days at the
start of January 1982 without snow cover. Save for this green snap, it could
have been a 42 day cover (December 8th - 18th January). How much higher up
we have to go in order to have had uninteruppted cover locally back then is
an interesting question. But I know that in Wishaw the only snow that was
around on the afternoon of 1st January 1982 was in unmelted heaps beside
pavenments and roads (thanks to two old photo's).

The cover in 1978 / 1979 was very prolonged in Shotts (about 300ft higher
than me and six miles north east of here) like your own, but again
interupted in Motherwell. It had undoubtedly more days of snow lying than
we've had this winter at 64 days - but nothing near the 23 consecutive days
of present (as they have now). Whether that was the case at this slightly
higher location is reasonably questionable. This is right on the limit of my
memory (being only 5 years old at the time).
The end of January 1978 produced a blizzard locally, but the very deep snow
drifts (150cm) were gone within a week at Motherwell, Only to return a few
days later and last 17 days (how I would love to have remembered that).
Again the snow cover lasted for a month in Shotts.
December 1976 had quite a lot of days with snow falling in Motherwell, but
no lasting cover beyond a few days.
The same for February and March 1969.
I don't have any local snowfall records beyond 1966 to hand and no local
temperature records before 1959.

My parents both recall a particular heavy long lasting snowfall in their
primary school days... This would equate to the mid 1950's, possibly
February 1955 which sticks out as being cold and snowy on Trevor Harley's
site? They both agree this is the last time we had a winter as bad as this
one - but that's from a child's memory.
They are too young to remember the winter of 46/47 sadly.

Trip down memory lane for some there I think.

Alex.

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Alex Stephens Jr writes:
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My parents both recall a particular heavy long lasting snowfall in their
primary school days... This would equate to the mid 1950's, possibly
February 1955 which sticks out as being cold and snowy on Trevor Harley's
site? They both agree this is the last time we had a winter as bad as this
one - but that's from a child's memory.

Apparently the snow was particularly bad in northern Scotland. I can
recall Gordon Manley writing about Operation Snowdrop, and by searching
on that term I found this excellent piece by none other than Philip
Eden:

http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/repor...er-of-1955.htm
--
John Hall
"Acting is merely the art of keeping a large group of people
from coughing."
Sir Ralph Richardson (1902-83)

"
I read most posts on the ng and some make me look back at my record.
The recent one about consecutive snow lying days (50% or more) has
held my interest, and surprise.
Snow has covered all the ground here since 17th December which is 24
days tomorrow (even December 1976 was 24 days).
I looked at the big one 1978 / 79 in my record which ran from 29th
December to 1st March = 63 days.
After that I stopped looking, although February 1986 had full cover
throughout and more either side.

Same here Ken in Weston Coyney, 1978/79 saw snow lying here from 30th Dec
1978 to 1st March 1979,
total of 62 days, nothing else comes close!
Having said that I don't have my 1962-63 figure to hand.

You must be buried in the stuff now, looking at the radar most days, the
snow showers
coming into the North East seem endless!

Graham

In article ,
Graham writes:
snip
Same here Ken in Weston Coyney, 1978/79 saw snow lying here from 30th
Dec 1978 to 1st March 1979,
total of 62 days, nothing else comes close!

In the south of England we had periodic brief thaws, which meant that
the longest period of continuous snow cover was probably on the order of
two or three weeks. Rather than going along the English Channel in
approved fashion, some of the lows seemed to prefer a track more like
along the M4 corridor.
--
John Hall
"Acting is merely the art of keeping a large group of people
from coughing."
Sir Ralph Richardson (1902-83)

On 8 Jan, 20:50, "Graham" wrote:
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Same here Ken in Weston Coyney, 1978/79 saw snow lying here from 30th Dec
1978 to 1st March 1979,
total of 62 days, nothing else comes close!
Having said that I don't have my 1962-63 figure to hand.

You must be buried in the stuff now, looking at the radar most days, the
snow showers
coming into the North East seem endless!

Hi, Graham,
North Sea effect snow, don't we just love it! Not been too much last
couple of days - 14 hours sun, it's been closer to the coast. My
daughter in Middlesbrough reported 10cm in about an hour yesterday
evening and more today. I don't think we'll be so lucky tonight and
tomorrow though as the wind's veering towards the east.
Dowm to 40cm here now, 43cm at the Lead Mill, far too much hard work.
I would think you had lots of snow days in 62 / 63.
Best wishes,
Ken

"Alex Stephens Jr" schreef in bericht
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: My parents both recall a particular heavy long lasting snowfall in their
: primary school days... This would equate to the mid 1950's, possibly
: February 1955 which sticks out as being cold and snowy on Trevor Harley's
: site?

February 1956 was very cold and snowy. I remember playing in the garden at
the age of 6 with snow up to my thighs It may be that one they remember.

Colin Youngs
Brussels

On Fri, 8 Jan 2010 at 10:43:21, Brian in Aberfeldy
wrote in uk.sci.weather :

It will be interesting to see how long some of the snow piles last. At
my auction last night, in their yard, the snow pile was around 12 feet
tall,

You were auctioning off a pile of snow?
--
Paul Hyett, Cheltenham (change 'invalid83261' to 'blueyonder' to email me)