MarkW

1995 was incredibly hot. Weren't there a lot of heat related deaths across Europe that year? I recall France having an emergency of sorts on that score.

21st December 1979 - Friday before Christmas - a lot of snow in London. As I mentioned elsewhere, almost 6 years ago on this forum! No snow in West Mids, me and my dad drove to Crystal Palace for a football match v West Brom. 7.30 KO. It was called off at 6.30 and we got there at 6.50. Blizzards from M1/M6 interchange onwards.

Would be good to see that website. I just recall a real peasouper that night. From memory, I recall it was still foggy/misty the following day , and perhaps fro a few days. But the Saturday was the worst.

Yes, there's not much discussion of it. Elsewhere it was on an Aston Villa forum (if you Google) and the posters on there talk about the driving conditions as they came back from Manchester (they played Man Utd that day). I also knew a Villa fan who went and at the time he talked of it. It's not a widely discussed issue and must have been fairly unique to the Midlands and North West.

It was incredible. The intensity and speed of the snowfall was unbelievable. From flecking at 11.30-12 ish, to 1-2 inches thick by 1.30am was surprising to say the least. The following morning was jaw dropping.

Just looked this up again. I was married in Taplow, Berkshire. It was a maximum of 12 C and a minimum of 1 C. I recall it was cold, as the OP suggested. Also some rain.

I'm in Bentley Heath, near Dorridge. In Solihull Borough. Wind is picking up outside and we've had some rain. I believe Wednesday 27th will be when the danger might be. However, I do think much of the extreme weather can miss this area out, apart froma localised storm in June 2021.

Will this winter see such weather?

This was the weekend I went up to Sheffield, to see a band I and a few mates were into,, called CUD (Still around, I saw them last December in Brum) . I was in a T-Shirt, but when we got to Sheffield we were freezing when we came out of the club at 2am, after the gig (It was the Leadmill). We slept rough as we could not blag anyone to doss down with, so slept on the bus station and were moved onto the railway station. I was freezing and thought that this isn't what it should be like in July! So it probably did not affect the whole of the UK.

I have posted elsewhere about this (possibly this forum). I recall the 8 Dec 1990 snow event in the West Midlands very clearly. I was 5 weeks into a well paid new job, was living at home (no bills) and bought a new winter jacket as a treat. It came in handy. I went out into nearby Dudley in the evening. It was fairly cold from memory, but nothing to stand out. There were quite a few of us out. We left the bar/club where we had all gone, just after 12.00, and it started to snow. Just flecks in the air at first, but in the time our taxi came, it was large flakes and coming down quite heavy. We all went into an Indian restaurant, which was 10 mins walk from my house. This was 12.30 ishh. and hour later the snow was heavy and was around at least an inch thick. There was that quietness you get with heavy snow, when walking back home. It took around an hour to cover everything and there was no stopping it a the wind was fairly robust. Next day I woke up to watch my recording of Blackadder Goes Forth which was on in the evening. There was 5 foot snowdrift outside and the snow was still falling, if not that heavy. It was a big event, and I have read about it in books and in a few reports and forums online. M6 was blocked as was A45 between Birmingham and Coventry. I now live near Knowle, and I believe the snow was deepest near here. I recall it melted within a few days.

Hi there. I'm nowhere near your location (West Midlands), but around that time I do recall a Sunday afternoon, when I was caught near Dudley in a terrific storm with some severe hail. I had to stop the car. It was defiantly, Summer 2005 and I am sure it was August.

Hello all, haven't posted for some years, but I am back. I recall from my teens (was 16 in 1988) an evening of the thickest fog I have ever known. It was Bonfire Night , 1988. I lived in Tipton, in the Black Country (West Mids). In the afternoon, I was at the West Bromwich Albion v Oxford game (when we won 3-2) and during the second half the fog started to come down. Not as bad as Port Vale where it was abandoned (see the clips below - 12:12 in for the weather with John Kettley at the height of his chart fame - and further on for Midlands Today), but you could notice it getting worse by the final whistle. By the time I was home, it was quite bad and on the evening I met some mates and out we went I think we went to a couple of local pubs, but walking between places the fog was tremendous. You could not see 5 feet in front of you and it had an eerie impact on the atmosphere - very quiet. I've seen mentions of bad conditions on the M6 in and to the north of the region. I think it was quite an event, but hear very little of it. Anyone else recall this?

Married on 22 October 2016. Just over three years in. I remember dry, slightly cold for the time of year and also grey.

I'm glad to see this still being discussed. There are quite a few clips regarding this on You Tube (type "snow Dec 1990"). Including someone here who recorded his trip on an early Dash Cam (!) in Worcestershire. There are some interesting clips to be heard on the radio news.

I remember January 10th well. I went with my dad, to watch West Brom away at Swansea in the 3rd Round of the FA CUp. There was heavy, wet snow (although it was cold) in the West Midlands. . We rang Swansea and the game was on as there had been no snow. Lo and behold, as we got onto the M50, and went towards Ross-on-Wye the snow lessened and by Wales there was nothing. It was quite cold, but not snowy. We lost 2-3 to a last minute Sean McCarthy goal after dragging ourselves level with a few minutes left. They were then in the 4th Division, (although they were doing quite well near the top), we were in the then Div 2.