The Times: Thundersnow at Blackpool; 12th November 1919

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There was a very cold wintry spell around mid month of November 1919 with widespread and severe frosts. There were record breaking minima with -23.3C, -22.8C and -18.3C being record on the 14th, 15th and 16th respectively. The final CET was 3.3C but on the 16th, it was a very low 2.2C

The very cold November did not herald a cold winter, the winter of 1919-20 was mild.

Here are a couple of Times articles from the 13th of November 1919, mentioning a thunderstorm with snow occurring at Blackpool

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-6C at Bude

-5C at Rhyl

-4C at Newquay

Pretty impressive November minima for those coastal resorts when you consider its just before mid-November especially Newquay and Bude.

[Cookie]

cool I used to live thier

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90 years ago....

-13.3C at Nairn

-14.4C at Crieff

-21.1C at Balmoral and West Linton, (-24.4C on the grass) with a maximum at Balmoral of -12.2C with 17 inches of snow.

Camden Square mean temp for Nov 1919: 3.8C (-2.6C)

Compare that to December 1919: 5.9C (+1.6C)

[BruenSryan]

On 05/11/2007 at 14:39, Weather-history said:

There was a very cold wintry spell around mid month of November 1919 with widespread and severe frosts. There were record breaking minima with -23.3C, -22.8C and -18.3C being record on the 14th, 15th and 16th respectively. The final CET was 3.3C but on the 16th, it was a very low 2.2C

The very cold November did not herald a cold winter, the winter of 1919-20 was mild.

Here are a couple of Times articles from the 13th of November 1919, mentioning a thunderstorm with snow occurring at Blackpool

-23.3C November record low, 100 years ago today.