Cold icy blast of mid February 1892

[Weather-history]

A developing low sinking southwards across the UK, an intense high in the Greenland/Iceland region allowed a very cold airmass to flood the UK. This brought snowfalls but also very severe frosts.

Minima recorded

17th February

-18.0C Loughborough

-11.4C Church Stretton

-11.1C Boston

-8.5C Camden Square

-6.7C Weymouth

18th February

-13.3C Hitchin

-8.9C Manchester

-5.9C Torquay

19th February

-21.2C Malton

-18.9C Braemar

-18.3C Hurworth Grange

-17.8C Stamford

-15.3C Loughborough

-14.4C Keswick

-14.3C Driffield

-13.9C York

-13.9C Bury St Edmunds

-12.8C Skipton

[damianslaw]

Quite an unusual synoptical evolution, not often you see a developing low pulled down on the eastward flank of a ridge shifting its core heights from Greenland towards Iceland enabling a channel low scenario.

 

Superb snow synoptics, but rare.

[vizzy2004]

Interesting that Malton was -21.2c yet York was -13.9c, thats a large difference for 18 miles.Anyway looks like rare synoptics I can only dream of.