Just thought I would let the good people know how the UK is doing for snow this winter. My observations are thus:
So, as we wind up January and head off into the last month of the meteorological winter, how has the UK been doing for snow? Well for December we had 28 snow days out of the possible 31, and for January, we had 26 out of 31, and of 3 of those none snow days, a high pressure area sat over the UK so no precipitation fell.
It could be said then, that of 28 days of possible wintry precipitation, the UK received snow on 26 of those 28 for January.
Therefore out of a possible 59 days of precipitation, (62 days months total) the UK saw 54 days where it snowed, despite it being "mild" east of a line from Exeter to the Wash. It will be interesting to see how our Met Office and the media report our weather this winter won't it?
1st of February will continue where January left off.
Happy February folks!
PS: Well done to the Netweather guys for getting their 7 and 14 day forecast charts pretty much spot on for snow risks to the UK.