Forecasts and news reports from the coldest start to winter since 1976-77

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Here are forecasts from that period late November to mid December 2008, which turned out to be the coldest start to winter since 1976-77.

Here is Tomasz warning of the risk if wintry weather for overnight Saturday

21st November 2008

22nd November 2008: Susan Powell firms up on the risk. We had some snow here which partially laid.

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After a short mild interlude, the cold really kicked in around the 28th November

The Saturday of the 29th November was cold and very foggy here all day.

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1st December 2008

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The dangers of doing a live news report with kids in the snow

2nd December 2008

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2nd December 2008: Tomasz gives a warning of a snow threat during Wednesday night

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3rd December 2008: snow threat is firmed up. If I remember rightly, the snowfalls across Scotland were overestimated? I'm sure Matt Taylor was sent to Stirling in Scotland to do BBC Breakfast weather broadcasts expecting snowy scenes. Instead, it was green!

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4th December 2008

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5th December 2008

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6th December 2008

7th December 2008

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That weekend at the end of November was excellent: perennially foggy with temperatures barely scraping zero.

 

I missed out on the early December snowfalls though. Damn you marginality.

Edited October 22, 2013 by AderynCoch

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7th December 2008

8th December 2008

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8th December 2008

9th December 2008

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10th December 2008

11th December 2008

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12th December 2008

13th December 2008

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14th December 2008

15th December 2008: Alex Deakin says it has been the coldest start to winter for 30 years

17th December 2008: it finally starts to turn milder

Manchester Airport temperatures, maxima and minima

29th November: 1.0C; -1.0C

30th November: 2.0C; -3.0C

1st December: 3.0C; -6.0C

2nd December: 2.0C; -3.0C

3rd December: 2.0C; -4.0C

4th December: 6.0C; 1.0C

5th December: 7.0C; 2.0C

6th December: 6.0C; -3.0C

7th December: 3.0C; -4.0C

8th December: 6.0C; 0.0C

9th December: 5.0C; -2.0C

10th December: 4.0C; -4.0C

11th December: 4.0C; -2.0C

12th December: 8.0C; 0.0C

13th December: 9.0C; 4.0C

14th December: 4.0C; -2.0C

15th December: 3.0C; -3.0C

16th December: 7.0C; 2.0C