Hi everyone! My gran swears blind that just after my late dad was
born in May 1932, there was heavy snow in Britain!!!!!! I have looked
in William Foggitt's book of Yorkshire weather and there is nothing in
there about it - so PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE can someone tell me that she
isn't imagining things! Thanks very much

Martyn

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Hi everyone! My gran swears blind that just after my late dad was
born in May 1932, there was heavy snow in Britain!!!!!! I have looked
in William Foggitt's book of Yorkshire weather and there is nothing in
there about it - so PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE can someone tell me that she
isn't imagining things! Thanks very much

You need to tell us where, Martyn, although one might infer it's
Yorkshire. There were a few wintry showers in May 1932,
chiefly over high ground, but the main characteristic of the
month was heavy and frequent rain, and record-low sunshine.
Could it have been May 1935? There were some heavy snowfalls
and severe frosts during that month.

Philip Eden

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Hi everyone! My gran swears blind that just after my late dad was
born in May 1932, there was heavy snow in Britain!!!!!! I have looked
in William Foggitt's book of Yorkshire weather and there is nothing in
there about it - so PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE can someone tell me that she
isn't imagining things! Thanks very much

There was no snowfall reported in Coventry during May 1932 - as Philip
says there were 2 days of may snowfall in 1935, but then again I guess
you know when your dad was born!
--
Steve Jackson,
Bablake Weather Station,
Coventry, UK
http://www.netlink.co.uk/users/bws

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In message , Martyn
writes
Hi everyone! My gran swears blind that just after my late dad was
born in May 1932, there was heavy snow in Britain!!!!!! I have looked
in William Foggitt's book of Yorkshire weather and there is nothing in
there about it - so PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE can someone tell me that she
isn't imagining things! Thanks very much

There was no snowfall reported in Coventry during May 1932 - as Philip
says there were 2 days of may snowfall in 1935, but then again I guess
you know when your dad was born!

Hi, thanks for all your replies. My dad was born in Leeds, as I said,
on May 5th 1932 - so it looks as though my gran just might have been
imagining things! Maybe, I'll be able to shut her up now!

Martyn

Dear Martyn,
May 1932 was wet, cool and very dull [-87 hours at Kew and -99 hours on
Norfolk coast] and yes your Gran was right as snow fell in the form of
showers on the 5th to the 7th especially in the east of Scotland and in the
Midlands. It was not what you would call heavy snow but the sort of
conditions that can occur at that time of year with a polar airstream and
convective showers leading to a sharp drop in temperature. Max temperatures
were about 7C-8C in many places. A recent example of the sort of snow
showers I mean is 1997.So, she may have looked out of the window and there
was a heavy but brief snow shower that has stayed in her memory, firmly
cemented there by being associated with the birth of one's child.
Ian Currie-Coulsdon
Weather eye mag at www.Frostedearth.com




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Hi everyone! My gran swears blind that just after my late dad was
born in May 1932, there was heavy snow in Britain!!!!!! I have looked
in William Foggitt's book of Yorkshire weather and there is nothing in
there about it - so PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE can someone tell me that she
isn't imagining things! Thanks very much

There was no snowfall reported in Coventry during May 1932 - as Philip
says there were 2 days of may snowfall in 1935, but then again I guess
you know when your dad was born!

Hi, thanks for all your replies. My dad was born in Leeds, as I said,
on May 5th 1932 - so it looks as though my gran just might have been
imagining things! Maybe, I'll be able to shut her up now!

Martyn