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met office have predicted -8 for me thurs night so braemar or altnaharra -18?
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-1 here sunny but hazy at times.just been to carlisle areas of north west preston area and carlisle snowless(seems strange)called at keswick on way back very snowy but mountains just look covered and dont seem to have deep snow in any gullies
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just spotted woldsowl. ha. he hasnt put which year!
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think cal is having a laugh.i hope hes right! saturday 2nd feb 13.10
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-3 at 5am now -1.sunny,very nice.a couple of days like this the snow will get hard enough to walk on.(maybe 4 or 5 actually)
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wish i'd been around to see 47 and 63 but did either of these have monster blizzards in december and the third week of march .also snow remained on cross fell till 18th august.respect
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just to note december 1981 was colder than 2010 in our area .check out met office historic station data for bradford!Before 2008, the last 10 years had featured predominately mild winters with little or no snowfall, in February 2009 we were unexpectedly hit with extreme weather, with huge depths of snowfall and very low overnight temperatures like we had not seen at the time for nearly 20 years. I was watching 'Extreme Snowstorm' on channel 4 which went through the February 2009 event caused by Sudden Stratospheric warming, there was an interview with Boris John, and he said 'It's a one in 20 year event'. Then come the middle of December 2009 our weather changed and we were again hit with extreme weather with again huge depths of snowfall and very low overnight temperatures, the cold didn't relent until the middle of February. 'This was the most widespread and prolonged spell of this type across the UK since December 1981/January 1982.' We had 2 extreme weather events in 2 years, and it didn't stop there! During the end of November we were again hit with extreme weather, and this time it was even worse. The coldest December in 100 years as we all known followed on from there.
Last Winter overall was mild, but we were so close to again having extreme weather yet again, but it just missed us putting Europe in the freezer instead. Although places were still pretty cold in February 2012, with very cold overnight lows in the SE and Yorkshire. We got 15cm here as the Atlantic tried to break through, that snow depth before 2008 in the previous 10 years just never happened for low level England. This Winter has been average so far up until a few days ago, although nowhere near as severe so far it's still pretty cold for the last Decade. There is a chance that we could get some heavy snowfall and more extreme weather this weekend/next week and if this happens then we will yet again get more extreme weather.
Are our Winter's changing?
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was very good ,just disappointed they didnt say much about 1979 of which i do remember
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i think people have different memories of winters depending where in the uk they are in the worst winters its amaziny how places differ.for me these last few winters are more like the 80s but havnt had the volumes of snow and a distinct lack of wind.we used to have real blizzards even 2010 lacked the winds of the 80s 90,95.maybe we are in a custer of colder winters
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i was born at end of jan it always snowed on my birthday and we all went sledging.then as i got older it was bikes in snow then motorbikes tractors and cars ,fun getting stuck ,love it.if it wasnt for the cold and snow we wouldnt appreciate lovely sunny summer days .all 6 0f them!!!
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my birthday is jan 23 and when i was younger it always seemed to snow on my birthday.am in my mid 40s.anyone got any stats
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minus 2 dull light snow at times 6 to 8 inch of snow in total drifts in areas over the tops met office said it was going to get windy ?
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all the old farmers say 1947 was worse would have been an experience,an old farmer near said the road wasnt clear to traffic till april 4th and when a ministry of agriculture man came to visit they said they got stuck in snow on the yorks /lancs border at 1400ft on june 3rd.for me 86 the coldest and 79 for snow nothing comes remotely close since
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too young to remember the coldest for me was jan 23 to march 3rd 1986 i lived at 340m and worked at 360metre it was cold but according to met office historic data for bradford(our nearest station)january 1940 was colder and feb 47 coldest also lists coldest daytime highs of anywhere in the uk since 1908!!!!! feb 1947
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just looked on met office for bradford(my nearest) gave 0.7 average high and -4.9 mins the coldest january since 1908 here only feb 47 colder putting jan 63 in third place
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-1 deg cloudy calm drifts over the tops
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a lull in the light snow -4 deg biting stiff breeze.making it feel a bit like feb 86 anyone remember ,i worked on a farm at 1200 feet made december 2010 feel like benidorm
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michael fish does not know what it is going to do! i think it is too changeable nice to see some snow not just over the tops
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It has me under the warning for snow showers sunday, but I'm not expecting a thing.
Doubt they will penetrate inland any further west than york. Still these things can change at short notice so might be wrong.
my first post.just bought a 4x4 bring on the snow
Tuesday 22nd January 2013 - Weather and General Chat
in Spring Weather Discussion
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0 deg at moment seems a long time since it was that warm