Until December 2010, it was the last sub zero CET month, so based on that alone it wasn't never forgotten. It has been quoted for years by winter fans as they hunted for the next sub zero CET month, pre Dec '10.I certainly remembered Feb 86, the standout moments seeing snow falling from blue skies.
I think that was largely a freezing rain event? That was the big disappointment, it looked like a good snowy breakdown but infact it was mostly freezing rain.
Heavy snow showers crossed the Pennines on a strong easterly that Friday night in January 1996 giving one of the deepest snow coverings of the 90s. A real strong mid winter easterly with low 850hpas has been virtually non existent since
One of my favourite snowfalls was post Christmas 2000. That came down in a couple of hours in the early hours and the landscape was transformed from a dull lifeless world into a magical winter wonderland. That Saturday was beautiful, brilliant blue skies and a white mantle.
Memories....flashback to 7 years ago
https://forum.netweather.tv/topic/45571-the-disappearing-winters/
From the penultimate post
"Not much chance of a cold winter in the next 5 years on this basis either."
4 of the next 5 winters were below average.
Did a time-lapse this evening, the constellations of Cassiopeia, Andromeda, the Square of Pegasus, Perseus, Aries and near the end, Taurus and Auriga. The Pleiades and the V of the Hyades are clear to see.