Earlier posts by Jim and Nick mentioned that it was long time ago that snow
was recorded in November. I attended the `mulled wine' day at Gilbert
White's Museum, Selborne, on Sunday 21st November 1993 and snow lay on the
higher parts of the beech hanger above the village, the snow line being
about 150 metres.
It lay on the Downs in east Surrey and Kent as well and there was further
snow overnight. At my Coulsdon station there were 4 days of snow cover
during the month the highest number for November since my station opened in
1979. There was much discussion about a cold winter likely particularly as
severe cold had gripped Europe. But, as so often happens in this situation,
the winter turned out mild with December and then January being somewhat
warmer than the November and so when ` November ice bore the weight of a
duck' it did turn out `slush and muck' i.e. soft and muddy.

Coulsdon -Surrey
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