More Snow Fell On London During Nov 1904 Than During The Previous Winter.....

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On the 21st of November 1904, a low pressure in the North Sea pulled down a very cold Arctic flow over the UK. There were intense frosts and snowfalls and more snow was reported in this short spell in London than was in the whole of the winter of 1903-04.

The lowest minimum recorded at Camden Square was -4.4C on the 26th and the lowest maximum was on the 24th with 0.7C A slight snowfall occurred on the 22nd and a heavier snowfall on the 23rd leaving about an inch of snow which lasted on the ground til the 30th.

Other low minima reported

22nd

-18.0C at Kingussie

-9.4C at Wick

-11.1C at Nairn

23rd

-14.4C at Bromsgrove

-10.6C at Derby

24th

-14.4C at Bromsgrove

-14.4C at Winslow

-11.7C at Ross-on-Wye

-11.1C at Boston

-10.6C at Nottingham

25th

-13.9C at Launceston

-9.4C at Nottingham

26th

-13.7C at Braemar

27th

-14.4C at Appleby

Snowfalls

Lake District: 18 inches

Derbyshire uplands: 12 inches

Derbyshire Valleys: 8 inches

Haltwhistle: 14 inches

Langholm: 13 inches

Castle Douglas: 12 inches

Snowdonia/Radnor Hills: 5 inches

Cornish peninsula: 3 inches

Liskeard: 7 inches

Tavistock: 4 inches

Birmingham: 3 inches

Snow cover was generally 1 to 2 inches except for north Devon, Somerset, Wiltshire, Dorset, south Hampshire and many parts of Kent where there was little snow.

The overall CET was 5.2 but the period 22nd-28th was just -1.3

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I thought I bring this back to the top since last night was the coldest November night for the CET since 24th of November 1904

Note the minima

-14.4C at Bromsgrove

-14.4C at Winslow

-11.7C at Ross-on-Wye

-11.1C at Boston

-10.6C at Nottingham

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Newspaper reports from the time

                                    

 

     

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[Metwatch]

I am curious to know as to how often the best snowfall of the cold season is outside either a preceeding or following meteorological winter. Winter 2021-22 here the best snowfall by far was on the 28th of November, amounting to almost 2 inches, rest of the winter virtually snowless.

Then winter 2022-23 the best snowfall was on 8-9th March instead, with about 3 inches briefly. So that was 2 winters in a row where the best snowfall occurred outside of winter. Current winter the best snowfall so far was on the 1st-2nd of December, and had that along with the Cumbria snowfall taken place 2 days earlier would also be in November.

With winter 2017-18, some may have had the best snow also on the opening days of March 2018 with storm Emma / beast from the east.