Terminal Moraine

Like mid- March today. Temp' 10.0c after min' of 6.7c. Wind 43 mph W, gusting to 62. Vis' 30 miles. Sunny with 1 okta cirrus and altocumulus to the west Baromter 1011.3mb rising slowly. Needless to say all snow has gone. T.M

No snow or sleet here this mornng but we did have an hour of freezing rain and drizzle which covered everything in a light glaze. Anemometer ceased up for an hour and a half as a result. Temp' got above 0c by 0715 and the glaze slowly thawed. T.M

The mild weather has arrived with a vengeance. Temp' 7.8c after a max' of 8.2c Wind 21 mph W, gusting to 27. Vis 35 miles after thick fog all day up to 1615 Intermittant light rain falling Rainfall from 0900, 0.5mm Patchy thawing snow but less than 10% cover. T.M

At 0900: Temp' 0.6c after min' of -0.9c Wind 17 mph S, gusting to 22 Vis' 80 mts 5.6cm lying snow Freezing rain and drizzle earlier, everything covered in a thin glaze. T.M

Good god Pete, that's seriously cold, do you live in a deep valley? Well here it's a sub-tropical -0.5c after a max' of 1.9c. Wind 7 mph SE, gusting to 9 8.1cm of lying snow, trees and bushes still thick with snow despite a very slight thaw today. Vis' 35 miles 7 oktas cirrostratus and altocumulus T.M

Very slow thaw has started here. Temp 1.6c after overnight min' of -2.8c. Min actually occurred around 1830 yesterday evening, after that a sheet of altocumulus spread from the west and the temp' rose slowly. Rainfall from 1800 yesterday, nil Wind 9 mph W, gusting to 13. 9cm lying snow 7 oktas altocumulus perlucidus and cirrus T.M

Temp up and down like a yo-yo here. From -3.0c at 1830 to -0.7c at 1920, currently -1.3c. 1 okta altocumulus. Wind 12 mph W, gusting to 18 11.4cm powder snow Barometer: 1023.5mb, rising steadily T.M

Temp' -1.3c and dropping like a stone as the sun has now set behind the moor to the west. Max' was 0.6c. Wind 10 mph NW, gusting to 15. No thaw of lying snow apart from some falling from the trees in full sun. 1 okta cirrus. T.M

Morning all. Positively Alpine here in the southern Peak District. 12cm of lying powder snow, trees etc laden with frozen snow. Temp' -1.0c after a min' of -3.2c. 1 okta cloud on the horizon and unbroken sunshine. Wind 10 mph W, gusting to 19. T.M

Temp' now 1.5c with continuous moderate sleet/wet snow falling. Barometer falling slowly at 1010.5mb. T.M

Southern Peak District at 1100 ft. Temp' now down to 2.2c with continuous moderate sleet. T.M

Peak District at 1800 Temp' 9.6c. Max' today 10.3c Wind 29 mph W, gusting to 42mph Rainfall from 0900, 6.9mm Vis' 4 miles Continuous drizzle and light rain falling Sunshine 0.0 hrs T.M

At 1800 Temp' 9.5c Humidity, 92% Wind 27 mph W, gusting to 37. Vis' 35 miles 10/10 altocumulus and stratus Intermittant slight drizzle T.M

Temp' 3.9c Wind 30 mph NW, gusting to 41 Vis' over 40 miles Dry with 1 okta altocumulus

One more anecdote from 1979. I was living in a tiny cottage with no central heating at that time, the same village as at present but lower down. I remember coming downstairs one morning in February to find a snowdrift from the kitchen door, across the floor to the stairs...5 washing up bowls full in total. We had icicles hanging from the key in the front door despite the fire being full on and the inside surface of the door was white with frost where the condensation had frozen. Happy days. T.M

Osmposm LOL, no it's the Daily Weather Report but that would have been an apt re-naming for 1947. T.M

Osmposm, I agree entirely. I was born in 1953 and began keeping detailed weather records in 1963. Looking back over the record in the 60's 70's and early 80's there are so many snow events which would send boards like this into meltdown if they were to occur again. Personally I live in hope of another 1947, I missed out by 6 years and have only anecdotes and photographs taken by relatives plus the DWR to remind me how exceptional it was. T.M

At 1800 g.m.t. Temp' 10.5c Max' 10.9c Rainfall from 0900 0.2mm Wind 7 mph NW, gusting 12 Vis 1000m 100% stratus with continuous moderate drizzle T.M

Cloudy, dry. 8.1c Wind 17 mph W, gusting 27. Max today 9.0c, min' 5.7c. Rainfall 0.0mm Sunshine 0.0 hrs. T.M

There's nothing quite so devastatingly disappointing as that when you're a child ( or a bit older ). Santa not arriving was a mere inconvenience by comparison. T.M

It's not just snow with me; gales are a close second. Living where I do, it's not quite as good as the west coast but we do get our fair share. How many times have I crawled out of bed in the small hours and trecked 800 yds to the top of the moor behind our house in a howling gale with my trusty hand held anemometer to see what the highest gusts were reaching. The incredulous and long suffering Mrs Terminal giving me looks which obviously indicated she feared for my mental health. How much strain does it place on a marriage made in heaven when one half keeps getting out of bed and going to the window to see if it's still snowing or if the wind is strong enough to warrant the treck up the moor mentioned above? She's still with me after 34 years though and of course my infallible forecasts on washing day are an immense plus. T.M

I think I must have been interested in the weather from the moment I left the womb. My earliest snow memory is February 1956 when, after a severe blizzard, I was amazed to see my cousin walking over the top of our garden hedge on drifts 6 to 9 feet deep. The entire road through our village was filled with snow, I was almost 3 at the time and drifts that deep looked immense. The winter of 1962/63 was a dream come true and I began my own weather station as a result (at the end of the winter unfortunately) and have continued to do so until the present day. My fanaticism has not decreased with increasing age. Every weather forecast must be watched/listened to and every word analysed, every nuance interpreted for potential interesting weather. One entire room of the house is filled with meteorological books, maps, magazines, records, data etc etc. I wallow in data like a Hippo' in a tropical river ( poor analogy, I'm not really as fat as a Hippo') If computers and boards like this had been around when I was in my teens I would have been the archetypal geek. T.M

Temp' 10.0c. Wind mean 27 mph S, gusting 39. Dry with broken medium level cloud . Air Pressure 991.8mb, falling steadily. T.M