Manchester Winter Index

[Weather-history]

For Manchester, winter 2006-07 is going to be the least wintriest winter since 1988-89. Currently the index is 21 with winter 1988-89 having an index of 20.

The index is [10 x (the number of days of falling wintry precipt)+(number of days with lying snow)+(number of nights with a minimum of 0C or less)] divided by the mean winter maximum

Here is the index value for previous winters

1973-74: 30

1974-75: 26

1975-76: 41

1976-77 141

1977-78: 90

1978-79: 262

1979-80: 66

1980-81: 90

1981-82: 149

1982-83: 85

1983-84: 82

1984-85: 140

1985-86: 159

1986-87: 100

1987-88: 37

1988-89: 20

1989-90: 26

1990-91: 126

1991-92: 40

1992-93: 43

1993-94: 78

1994-95: 45

1995-96: 135

1996-97: 72

1997-98: 25

1998-99: 47

1999-00: 42

2000-01: 77

2001-02: 50

2002-03: 44

2003-04: 50

2004-05: 47

2005-06: 59