The Times: The Snow event of January 1968

[Weather-history]

The first third of January 1968 was cold and wintry as cold air from the Arctic was pulled southwards from time to time across the UK. On the 8th of January , an Atlantic low engaged the cold airmass over the UK and rain readily turned to snow on its eastern flank. By the 9th, strong SEly winds made terrible conditions as blizzards raged across most parts of the UK away from the far west, in some places a foot of snow fell. The low pressure slid SEwards into France leaving the UK in the cold airmass.

After the 12th, the rest of the month became milder and very unsettled with a very stormy spell around the 15th.

Here is from the Times of the 10th of January 1968 of this snow event

Times editorial

[jethro]

Hi everyone, just spent a very enjoyable morning in one of may favourite shops, always run the risk of being thrown out for treating it like a library but never mind. Whilst browsing it occurred to me, many on here might be interested, particularly if you've searched for a long out of print book. Among those which captivated me this morning was a set of Symons's Rainfall books going back to 1870's, full of fascinating stuff including synoptics of the day. If they don't have what you are looking for they will take details and contact you if they get a copy.

http://www.bookbarn.co.uk/home.asp

[Michael Winston]

Hi everyone, just spent a very enjoyable morning in one of may favourite shops, always run the risk of being thrown out for treating it like a library but never mind. Whilst browsing it occurred to me, many on here might be interested, particularly if you've searched for a long out of print book. Among those which captivated me this morning was a set of Symons's Rainfall books going back to 1870's, full of fascinating stuff including synoptics of the day. If they don't have what you are looking for they will take details and contact you if they get a copy.

http://www.bookbarn.co.uk/home.asp

A most useful link. Thanks, jethro.

A fascinating read, Mr. Data. Many thanks.

Kind regards,

Mike.