Peter Clarke wrote:
Obviously, this winter shouldn't be mentioned in the same breath as
1962/63 or any other serious cold spell, mainly because we haven't
had a single 'ice day' ( max below freezing) in this area. My lowest
max was a mere 2.0c which I noted yesterday. What is remarkable, as
Dave has already mentioned, is that I too have had 13 consecutive
'snowfall days'. I cannot remember such a long sequence, certainly
not in 1986, 1979, 1963, 1956. I suppose Feb 1947, whch had frequent
snowfalls, must be a contender. Although I remember that month I
wasn't keeping weather records then. Can anyone help? Peter Clarke
Ewell, Epsom. 55m.

Peter

Have a look at http://www.winter1947.co.uk/

All the best

--
George in Epping, West Essex (107m asl)
www.eppingweather.co.uk
www.winter1947.co.uk

Peter Clarke wrote:
Obviously, this winter shouldn't be mentioned in the same breath as
1962/63 or any other serious cold spell, mainly because we haven't
had a single 'ice day' ( max below freezing) in this area. My lowest
max was a mere 2.0c which I noted yesterday. What is remarkable, as
Dave has already mentioned, is that I too have had 13 consecutive
'snowfall days'. I cannot remember such a long sequence, certainly
not in 1986, 1979, 1963, 1956. I suppose Feb 1947, whch had frequent
snowfalls, must be a contender. Although I remember that month I
wasn't keeping weather records then. Can anyone help? Peter Clarke
Ewell, Epsom. 55m.

Peter

Have a look at http://www.winter1947.co.uk/

All the best

--
George in Epping, West Essex (107m asl)
www.eppingweather.co.uk
www.winter1947.co.uk

Peter Clarke wrote:
Obviously, this winter shouldn't be mentioned in the same breath as
1962/63 or any other serious cold spell, mainly because we haven't
had a single 'ice day' ( max below freezing) in this area. My lowest
max was a mere 2.0c which I noted yesterday. What is remarkable, as
Dave has already mentioned, is that I too have had 13 consecutive
'snowfall days'. I cannot remember such a long sequence, certainly
not in 1986, 1979, 1963, 1956. I suppose Feb 1947, whch had frequent
snowfalls, must be a contender. Although I remember that month I
wasn't keeping weather records then. Can anyone help? Peter Clarke
Ewell, Epsom. 55m.

Peter

Have a look at http://www.winter1947.co.uk/

All the best

--
George in Epping, West Essex (107m asl)
www.eppingweather.co.uk
www.winter1947.co.uk

"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
;-)

dave

"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
;-)

dave

"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
;-)

dave

"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
;-)

dave

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 ,
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 ,
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)