In article ,
Graham P Davis writes:
My memory of March '63 is of the 6th (I think - it may have been the
5th) when the temperature reached about 6 DegC. The other observer at
RAE Bedford Met Office pointed out that it was the first day since
Boxing Day that we'd had a temperature above zero DegC. That was
counting temperatures in whole degrees so our highest max would only
have been 0.4 DegC.

Even for 1962-3, that's fairly remarkable. At Cranleigh, we had quite a
few days - mostly in February - that reached about 2C, and on one day -
the abortive thaw (in late January IIRC) - I think we reached the dizzy
heights of 5C.
--
John Hall
"One half of the world cannot understand
the pleasures of the other."
From "Emma" by Jane Austen (1775-1817)

In article ,
Alan White writes:
On Thu, 3 Mar 2005 16:01:22 -0000, "Ron Button"
wrote:

March 1963 was actually quite Springlike...

I was working in Cardiff in March '63 and I think I remember the first
two weeks(?) as being anything but spring like. There was a lot of
snow lying and some further falls with very low temperatures.

I think your memory may be playing you false with the dates. Here are
some Cardiff max temperatures for early March from Mike Tullett's site:

http://www.mtullett.plus.com/1962-63/index.htm

March 1 6C
March 2 6C
March 3 8C
March 4 9C
March 5 11C

That's as far as Mike's site takes it.
--
John Hall
"One half of the world cannot understand
the pleasures of the other."
From "Emma" by Jane Austen (1775-1817)

In article ,
Alan White writes:
On Thu, 3 Mar 2005 16:01:22 -0000, "Ron Button"
wrote:

March 1963 was actually quite Springlike...

I was working in Cardiff in March '63 and I think I remember the first
two weeks(?) as being anything but spring like. There was a lot of
snow lying and some further falls with very low temperatures.

I think your memory may be playing you false with the dates. Here are
some Cardiff max temperatures for early March from Mike Tullett's site:

http://www.mtullett.plus.com/1962-63/index.htm

March 1 6C
March 2 6C
March 3 8C
March 4 9C
March 5 11C

That's as far as Mike's site takes it.
--
John Hall
"One half of the world cannot understand
the pleasures of the other."
From "Emma" by Jane Austen (1775-1817)

In article ,
Alan White writes:
On Thu, 3 Mar 2005 16:01:22 -0000, "Ron Button"
wrote:

March 1963 was actually quite Springlike...

I was working in Cardiff in March '63 and I think I remember the first
two weeks(?) as being anything but spring like. There was a lot of
snow lying and some further falls with very low temperatures.

I think your memory may be playing you false with the dates. Here are
some Cardiff max temperatures for early March from Mike Tullett's site:

http://www.mtullett.plus.com/1962-63/index.htm

March 1 6C
March 2 6C
March 3 8C
March 4 9C
March 5 11C

That's as far as Mike's site takes it.
--
John Hall
"One half of the world cannot understand
the pleasures of the other."
From "Emma" by Jane Austen (1775-1817)

In article ,
Alan White writes:
On Thu, 3 Mar 2005 16:01:22 -0000, "Ron Button"
wrote:

March 1963 was actually quite Springlike...

I was working in Cardiff in March '63 and I think I remember the first
two weeks(?) as being anything but spring like. There was a lot of
snow lying and some further falls with very low temperatures.

I think your memory may be playing you false with the dates. Here are
some Cardiff max temperatures for early March from Mike Tullett's site:

http://www.mtullett.plus.com/1962-63/index.htm

March 1 6C
March 2 6C
March 3 8C
March 4 9C
March 5 11C

That's as far as Mike's site takes it.
--
John Hall
"One half of the world cannot understand
the pleasures of the other."
From "Emma" by Jane Austen (1775-1817)

On Thu, 3 Mar 2005 18:35:21 +0000, John Hall wrote in


In article ,
Graham P Davis writes:
My memory of March '63 is of the 6th (I think - it may have been the
5th) when the temperature reached about 6 DegC. The other observer at
RAE Bedford Met Office pointed out that it was the first day since
Boxing Day that we'd had a temperature above zero DegC. That was
counting temperatures in whole degrees so our highest max would only
have been 0.4 DegC.

Even for 1962-3, that's fairly remarkable. At Cranleigh, we had quite a
few days - mostly in February - that reached about 2C, and on one day -
the abortive thaw (in late January IIRC) - I think we reached the dizzy
heights of 5C.

I agree that would be remarkable, John. You'll be familar with the link
below to the Monthly Summary for February 1963. Of those listed, the
lowest mean maximum is 1.1C at Gorleston, followed closely by Boscombe Down
and Eskdalemuir with 1.2C.

http://www.mtullett.plus.com/1962-63/february_1963.htm

--
Mike 55.13°N 6.69°W Coleraine posted to uk.sci.weather 03/03/2005 18:45:40 UTC

On Thu, 3 Mar 2005 18:35:21 +0000, John Hall wrote in


In article ,
Graham P Davis writes:
My memory of March '63 is of the 6th (I think - it may have been the
5th) when the temperature reached about 6 DegC. The other observer at
RAE Bedford Met Office pointed out that it was the first day since
Boxing Day that we'd had a temperature above zero DegC. That was
counting temperatures in whole degrees so our highest max would only
have been 0.4 DegC.

Even for 1962-3, that's fairly remarkable. At Cranleigh, we had quite a
few days - mostly in February - that reached about 2C, and on one day -
the abortive thaw (in late January IIRC) - I think we reached the dizzy
heights of 5C.

I agree that would be remarkable, John. You'll be familar with the link
below to the Monthly Summary for February 1963. Of those listed, the
lowest mean maximum is 1.1C at Gorleston, followed closely by Boscombe Down
and Eskdalemuir with 1.2C.

http://www.mtullett.plus.com/1962-63/february_1963.htm

--
Mike 55.13°N 6.69°W Coleraine posted to uk.sci.weather 03/03/2005 18:45:40 UTC

On Thu, 3 Mar 2005 18:35:21 +0000, John Hall wrote in


In article ,
Graham P Davis writes:
My memory of March '63 is of the 6th (I think - it may have been the
5th) when the temperature reached about 6 DegC. The other observer at
RAE Bedford Met Office pointed out that it was the first day since
Boxing Day that we'd had a temperature above zero DegC. That was
counting temperatures in whole degrees so our highest max would only
have been 0.4 DegC.

Even for 1962-3, that's fairly remarkable. At Cranleigh, we had quite a
few days - mostly in February - that reached about 2C, and on one day -
the abortive thaw (in late January IIRC) - I think we reached the dizzy
heights of 5C.

I agree that would be remarkable, John. You'll be familar with the link
below to the Monthly Summary for February 1963. Of those listed, the
lowest mean maximum is 1.1C at Gorleston, followed closely by Boscombe Down
and Eskdalemuir with 1.2C.

http://www.mtullett.plus.com/1962-63/february_1963.htm

--
Mike 55.13°N 6.69°W Coleraine posted to uk.sci.weather 03/03/2005 18:45:40 UTC

On Thu, 3 Mar 2005 18:35:21 +0000, John Hall wrote in


In article ,
Graham P Davis writes:
My memory of March '63 is of the 6th (I think - it may have been the
5th) when the temperature reached about 6 DegC. The other observer at
RAE Bedford Met Office pointed out that it was the first day since
Boxing Day that we'd had a temperature above zero DegC. That was
counting temperatures in whole degrees so our highest max would only
have been 0.4 DegC.

Even for 1962-3, that's fairly remarkable. At Cranleigh, we had quite a
few days - mostly in February - that reached about 2C, and on one day -
the abortive thaw (in late January IIRC) - I think we reached the dizzy
heights of 5C.

I agree that would be remarkable, John. You'll be familar with the link
below to the Monthly Summary for February 1963. Of those listed, the
lowest mean maximum is 1.1C at Gorleston, followed closely by Boscombe Down
and Eskdalemuir with 1.2C.

http://www.mtullett.plus.com/1962-63/february_1963.htm

--
Mike 55.13°N 6.69°W Coleraine posted to uk.sci.weather 03/03/2005 18:45:40 UTC

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"Dave.C" wrote in message
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"Graham Easterling" wrote in
message ...
Absolutely nothing like 1963 here.

Hang on - I didn't say it was like 1963 - just brought back some memories

Yes I know, it's just that down here it's not been very cold at any point.

The last really cold spell here was the 1st 10 days of January 1997, when 5
days saw temperatures failing to exceed 2 degrees and 1st saw temperatures
below freezing all day. No day has failed to reach 3 degrees since.

Graham