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Copley nearest Meto site to me 8 miles West and 110m lower, also recorded 11days of snow lying >50% but with a max depth 25cm. March 2006 had 11 days of snow lying aswell max depth only 10cm though. A repeat of either month would be nice. Decent and prolonged snow cover isn't out the question. Mark Teesdale,Co Durham

Poor season here too 11 days snow lying with just under 30 days snowfall for this season so far. Two falls over 10cm, max depth 17cm. Mark Teesdale,Co Durham

Me, Sunday/Monday night. Mark Teesdale,Co Durham

Wow surprised you didn't get a frost on 22nd -4.3 here, and I'm on exposed hill location. Mark Teesdale,Co Durham

Copley Co Durham 10 air frosts 11 days snowfall 5 days snow lying Mild month still in this part of N England about 1C above average, you would expect this part of N England to colder/snowier than Yorskshire etc but we have not had it quiet as mild as those 50/100 miles further south. Mark Middleton in Teesdale,Co Durham

Cloud is thinning if very slowly. Mark Teesdale,Co Durham

Cloud appears to be breaking up now, should do with you in Durham soon. Mark Teesdale,Co Durham

Picture from Nov 1965 at Woodland,Co Durham. Snow at Woodland Mark Teesdale,Co Durham

Your figures closely match those from Ken Cook at nearby Copley. Slighlty drier as you'd expect being a few miles further eastwards, it shows you've got the rain gauge in a good location. http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/copley Good luck with your site. Mark Teesdale,Co Durham

Hi Mike, welcome to the forum. Do you live at Woodland? No to far from me at Barnard Castle at the moment. Mark, Teesdale,Co Durham

Yep I forgot about that one OON. Nice pic of A66 on 30th October 2000 on link below about 15cm fell in very short period of time. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/998179.stm Mark Teesdale,Co Durham

As as recent as 30th OCT 2000 snowfell and laid down to low levels, personally can remember snow mid Oct 1993. 1974 was very cold and wintry. Link below shows some extremes in October weather. http://www.personal.dundee.ac.uk/~taharley..._in_october.htm Mark Teesdale,Co Durham

Sounds like you've just condemed most of England to being a boring place weather wise, Northern scotland does get interesting weather storms and snow but the area to east of the wash to Solent apart from summer heat and thunderstorms carn't be that better than the rest of the country unless you dont like snow? Mark Teesdale,Co Durham

Spadeadam usually crops up for low maxima probably more often than any other E&W site esp in winter. Mark Teesdale,Co Durham

Days of snow lying from Robin Stirling 'Weather of Britain' Bramaer 96 Edinburgh 30 Eskdalemiur 62 Buxton 82 Birmingham 62 Kew 25 Buxton had more days snow lying than 1962/63 when it had 74. Mark Teesdale,Co Durham

Opps I stand corrected, as you say all these figures must fallen considerably the last few years :huh: Mark Teesdale,Co Durham

G Manley in Climate and British Scene has Durham days snow lying at 23 days. I pressume this for earlier in the 20th century. Figures for Durham City and Sheffield must be very close. Figures for Corbridge are falling 24.5/lying 20.1 very close to Sheffield's figures even though it 50m lower than Sheffield. Mark Teesdale,Co Durham

Don't have any figures for Durham, but 1961-90 averages for Sheffield 131m are snow falling 24.4, lying 20.4. Durham site at 102m asl is obviously colder than Sheffield even though its lower. Durham precipitation is nearly 200mm lower than Sheffield, the difference is most marked in the winter months. Perhaps if Sheffield is snowier than Durham City its probably due the fact Durham City is much more sheltered from W and NW airflow due to the high ground to West being much higher and larger than near Sheffield. Often Sheffield picks up snowfall from NW flows even though it is to the East of Pennines when Durham City will remain dry. Mark Teesdale,Co Durham

Last night several sites in N England/Scotland got to 5C, so 2/3C should be on the cards for sheltered locations. Mark Teesdale,Co Durham

Snow lying at snowiest Village in England/Wales Nenthead. Mark Barnard Castle,Co Durham

Its been a poor winter so far in NE England in terms of snow. Mark Barnard Castle,Co Durham

Good odds on N Ireland for Friday. Monday N York Moors or Highlands. What odds on Datmoor ? Close to Met office good in a Northerly? Ground firm after a few frosts. Mark Barnard Castle,Co Durham

I know people focus on low ground in these situations because most people live there. But some of us have use the high routes to get to work, and tiny minority live 400m>600m asl. Snowfall looks possible at high levels for next week or so. Condtions in these areas could be severe, and could cause prolonged problems for transport at high levels. Mark Barnard Castle,Co Durham