-2.1c At Noon On The 5th April 1911

[Weather-history]

During early April 1911, a very cold Arctic airmass spread SWwards towards the UK around an anticyclone and especially affected the SE badly with severe frosts, unusually low maxima for the time of the year and drifting snow.

Here are some reports from that period.

4th April 1911

Walton-on-the-Hill: 4 inches of snow

Ticehurst: 4 inches of snow

Lynturk Manse: 1 inch of snow

5th April 1911

Hampstead Observatory: -2.1C at noon. Ink froze in the telescope house and also the astronomer's moustache.

Camden Square: 1 inch of snow, a shade max of 3.4C

Poplar: 3 inches of snow

New Malden: 1.75 inches of snow

Weybridge: Shade max of 1.2C

Tunbridge Wells: Shade max of -1C

Ulcombe Place: Shade max of 0C, the lowest since the 29th December 1908

Detling: 5.5 inches of snow, 6ft drifts

Rochester: Icicles several feet long hanging from buildings.

Brighton: 2 inches of snow, a shade max of 1C, a football match between Brighton and Hove Albion and West Ham was postponed because of snow.

Oakley: Violent blizzard

Southgate: Shade max of 1.5C

Blisworth: Terrific snowstorms and gales in afternoon

Buxton: 2 inches of snow

West Witton: 3 inches of snow

Hildenborough: 6 inches of snow

Chatham: Motor mail coaches stook in snow between Chatham and Sittingbourne

Hampton Poyle: Enormous damage done to apricot trees and roses

6th April 1911

North Cadbury: Shade max of 3.6C

Wirksworth: 1 inch of snow

Camden Square: a shade min of -3.6C

7th April 1911

Poplar: 3 inches of snow

The CET daily mean

5th April 1911: 0.4

6th April 1911: 0.8

[damianslaw]

Some impressively cold temperatures for so late in the 'winter season'. I recall early April 1917 also delivering some very cold air with a deep arctic plunge...

[Roger J Smith]

Why did ink freeze in the astronomer's moustache?

Bet they weren't expecting much of a summer either.

[TomS]

According to Woodward & Penn 'The Wrong Kind of Snow' the snow and wind on the 5th April 1911 brought down the Huntingdon Wych Elm at Magdalen College, Oxford, reputedly the tallest tree in Britain, with a height of 142ft and a trunk circumference of 27ft, and had stood for more than four centuries.

[cheeky_monkey]

I recall early April 1917 also delivering some very cold air with a deep arctic plunge...

wow you must be knocking on?...telegram from the queen yet?

[I remember Atlantic 252]

During early April 1911, a very cold Arctic airmass spread SWwards towards the UK around an anticyclone and especially affected the SE badly with severe frosts, unusually low maxima for the time of the year and drifting snow.

Here are some reports from that period.

4th April 1911

Walton-on-the-Hill: 4 inches of snow

Ticehurst: 4 inches of snow

Lynturk Manse: 1 inch of snow

5th April 1911

Hampstead Observatory: -2.1C at noon. Ink froze in the telescope house and also the astronomer's moustache.

Camden Square: 1 inch of snow, a shade max of 3.4C

Poplar: 3 inches of snow

New Malden: 1.75 inches of snow

Weybridge: Shade max of 1.2C

Tunbridge Wells: Shade max of -1C

Ulcombe Place: Shade max of 0C, the lowest since the 29th December 1908

Detling: 5.5 inches of snow, 6ft drifts

Rochester: Icicles several feet long hanging from buildings.

Brighton: 2 inches of snow, a shade max of 1C, a football match between Brighton and Hove Albion and West Ham was postponed because of snow.

Oakley: Violent blizzard

Southgate: Shade max of 1.5C

Blisworth: Terrific snowstorms and gales in afternoon

Buxton: 2 inches of snow

West Witton: 3 inches of snow

Hildenborough: 6 inches of snow

Chatham: Motor mail coaches stook in snow between Chatham and Sittingbourne

Hampton Poyle: Enormous damage done to apricot trees and roses

6th April 1911

North Cadbury: Shade max of 3.6C

Wirksworth: 1 inch of snow

Camden Square: a shade min of -3.6C

7th April 1911

Poplar: 3 inches of snow

The CET daily mean

5th April 1911: 0.4

6th April 1911: 0.8

Walton on the Hill, you mean by me? or is there another walton on the hill, only around half a mile away from me lol, might have known it was 1911, dont get any now

[Weather-history]

100th anniversary of this event.

Totland Bay Isle of Wight

Maxima and minima

1st: 10.2C; 3.8C

2nd: 8.4C; 5.4C

3rd: 6.7C; 4.9C

4th: 6.7C; 0.0C

5th: 1.4C; -0.9C

6th: 3.4C; -2.6C

7th: 5.7C; -0.4C

[Rob]

I'd much rather have the 20c+ we have today!

[Weather-history]

110 years now

[A Face like Thunder]

All the more remarkable because July & August 1911 were the hottest high summers (CET) between 1659 and 1983 (Eden) and this led to much industrial strife in the UK. I wonder what we can expect next Monday, 5th April 2021, exactly 110 years on?!