I was working in Paris from 1953 to 1958. One year, I think it might
have been 1956 or 1957, Spring was late, but arrived very suddenly. Ice
near the source of the Seine broke free and careered down the river and
arrived unmelted in Paris where it all banged up against the piers of
the bridges and accumulated there, unable to get further. It must have
made a trip on the bateaux mouches quite interesting.

Anyone know which year that would have been?

Hugh

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Hugh Newbury

www.evershot-weather.org

"Hugh Newbury" schreef in bericht
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:I was working in Paris from 1953 to 1958. One year, I think it might
: have been 1956 or 1957, Spring was late, but arrived very suddenly. Ice
: near the source of the Seine broke free and careered down the river and
: arrived unmelted in Paris where it all banged up against the piers of
: the bridges and accumulated there, unable to get further. It must have
: made a trip on the bateaux mouches quite interesting.
:
: Anyone know which year that would have been?

February 1956 was exceptionally cold - so I would guess 1956.

Colin Youngs
Brussels

"Colin Youngs" wrote in message
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"Hugh Newbury" schreef in bericht
...
:I was working in Paris from 1953 to 1958. One year, I think it
might
: have been 1956 or 1957, Spring was late, but arrived very
suddenly. Ice
: near the source of the Seine broke free and careered down the
river and
: arrived unmelted in Paris where it all banged up against the piers
of
: the bridges and accumulated there, unable to get further. It must
have
: made a trip on the bateaux mouches quite interesting.
:
: Anyone know which year that would have been?

February 1956 was exceptionally cold - so I would guess 1956.

Colin Youngs
Brussels



.... this graph (mean temperature through year) is indicative:-

http://www.meteo-paris.com/chronique/?d=1956

Martin.


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Martin Rowley
West Moors, East Dorset (UK): 17m (56ft) amsl
Lat: 50.82N Long: 01.88W
NGR: SU 082 023

On 23/12/10 09:37, Martin Rowley wrote:
"Colin wrote in message
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"Hugh schreef in bericht
...
:I was working in Paris from 1953 to 1958. One year, I think it
might
: have been 1956 or 1957, Spring was late, but arrived very
suddenly. Ice
: near the source of the Seine broke free and careered down the
river and
: arrived unmelted in Paris where it all banged up against the piers
of
: the bridges and accumulated there, unable to get further. It must
have
: made a trip on the bateaux mouches quite interesting.
:
: Anyone know which year that would have been?

February 1956 was exceptionally cold - so I would guess 1956.

Colin Youngs
Brussels



... this graph (mean temperature through year) is indicative:-

http://www.meteo-paris.com/chronique/?d=1956

Martin, what a wonderful page: not just the graph, but also the pix of
the Seine frozen etc. I had no idea it was so bad then. Reminds me of
the UK today! Thanks so much.

Hugh

Have you seen the latest GFS Operational run for Paris? Temperature
never gets above zero between now and the end of the run (8th January).

Much of the time the temp is forecast as between -5C and -10C

http://www.netweather.tv/ensimages/e...6/t2mParis.png

And just take a look at the 5 day minimum Central Europe temperatures

http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/cgi-b...WMO=&PERIOD=41

At this rate by the end of the winter we'll be able to walk from the UK
to Paris :-)

n 23/12/2010 08:12, Hugh Newbury wrote:
I was working in Paris from 1953 to 1958. One year, I think it might
have been 1956 or 1957, Spring was late, but arrived very suddenly. Ice
near the source of the Seine broke free and careered down the river and
arrived unmelted in Paris where it all banged up against the piers of
the bridges and accumulated there, unable to get further. It must have
made a trip on the bateaux mouches quite interesting.

Anyone know which year that would have been?

Hugh

"Martin Rowley" schreef

: ... this graph (mean temperature through year) is indicative:-
: http://www.meteo-paris.com/chronique/?d=1956

Thanks for that link, Martin. Remarkable photos of 60 cm snow on the
Mediterranean coast.

I think February 1956 is the coldest month of all in the Belgian and Dutch
records. I believe it was a bit less severe in the UK - though I
remember playing as a 6-year-old in the garden at home in snowdrifts up to
my thighs.

Colin Youngs
Brussels