Last time had a foot or more of snow from a single fall?

[damianslaw]

People have there own thoughts on what constitues a significant snowfall. A light fall for me is one producing up to 3 inches, a moderate fall 3-6 inches, a heavy fall 6-12 inches. A major fall 12 inches plus.

We haven't experienced a major single fall for 27 years now! Feb 5/6 1996 the last time, a mighty 18 inches!

Only heavy falls since then occured Jan 26 2013 - 8 inches, we just missed out on the blizzards of 23 Mar 2013.

20-21 Dec 09 produced 2 single events 4 inches each, to give a total 8 inch cover, but as they were separate events do not count.

We've had a handful of moderate falls since 2013, but vast majority have been in the 'light' category.

 

Would be interested to know when people last had over a foot of snow single fall.

[*Stormforce~beka*]

For me it was Dec 2010 I think it was! Had 7 inches which was my most ever since 1994 when we had 6 inches

[Don]

Closest I got to a foot of snow in a single fall was the 2nd February 2009 when 10 inches fell.

[matt111]

Closest I saw was Dec 2009 and again in Dec 2010 but I don't think it was quite a foot. Was by far the most I'd seen though and have never seen anywhere near that much since then.

[alexisj9]

Croydon February 2009, Croydon December 2010, and Dover 2021. That episode when everyone thought it would snow all night and all the next day, but a short wave moved north in the North sea and put the se in a warm sector over night. It did start to snow in the morning and landed, plus carried on for most of the day. It didn't do well for most people away from East Kent and east Anglia though. It stay the rest of the week and got a top up day before the thaw 

[Don]

10 minutes ago, alexisj9 said:

Croydon February 2009, Croydon December 2010, and Dover 2021. That episode when everyone thought it would snow all night and all the next day, but a short wave moved north in the North sea and put the se in a warm sector over night. It did start to snow in the morning and landed, plus carried on for most of the day. It didn't do well for most people away from East Kent and east Anglia though. It stay the rest of the week and got a top up day before the thaw 

Bloody short waves!!

I think as a result the snow struggled in parts of Kent on that Sunday in February 2021, too?

[alexisj9]

2 minutes ago, Don said:

Bloody short waves!!

I think as a result the snow struggled in parts of Kent on that Sunday in February 2021, too?

I spotted the circulation, asked what is was doing, got told that the models had it moving south. Pointed out it was moving north and got blocked by people lol.

[A Winter's Tale]

The highest snow depth I’ve recorded was 26cm on 1 Mar 2018. 

In my experience living just outside Glasgow I would consider: 

Less than an inch - minor snowfall 

1-2 inches - light snowfall

2-4 inches - moderate snowfall 

4-8 inches - significant snowfall

8 inches+ - major snowfall 

Since I’ve started recording snow depths in Nov 2010 there have been:  1 snowfall of 20cm+, 3 10cm+ and 17 5cm+. 

I looked at the historic snow depth records of some stations around Glasgow since the the 1960s and kept a note of days with a depth of 10cm+. Here are days with a depth of 15cm+ from 1960-2018: 

19 Feb 1960 15 Paisley, 15 Springburn 

19 Feb 1966 15 Paisley, 18 Springburn 

6 Feb 1968 15 Springburn 

6 Jan 1970 15 Springburn 

21 Jan 1973 25 Springburn 

14 Feb 1973 18 Springburn 

15 Feb 1973 15 Springburn 

19 Jan 1978 15 Paisley

31 Dec 1978 18 Paisley, 24 Springburn 

1 Jan 1979 24 Springburn

2 Jan 1979 15 Paisley, 16 Springburn 

3 Jan 1979 15 Paisley, 16 Springburn 

10 Jan 1979 15 Paisley, 23 Springburn  

11 Jan 1979 15 Paisley, 19 Springburn 

12 Jan 1979 18 Springburn 

13 Jan 1979 18 Springburn 

14 Jan 1979 17 Springburn 

15 Jan 1979 17 Springburn 

22 Mar 1980 15 Abbotsinch

16 Jan 1984 15 Paisley

17 Jan 1984 16 Springburn 

18 Jan 1984 18 Springburn 

19 Jan 1984 17 Springburn 

20 Jan 1984 17 Springburn 

21 Jan 1984 17 Springburn 

22 Jan 1984 20 Springburn 

23 Jan 1984 20 Paisley, 25 Springburn 

24 Jan 1984 20 Paisley, 15 Abbotsinch, 32 Springburn 

25 Jan 1984 20 Paisley, 25  Springburn

26 Jan 1984 20 Paisley, 15 Abbotsinch, 25 Springburn 

27 Jan 1984 20 Paisley, 20 Springburn 

28 Jan 1984 18 Springburn 

12 Jan 1987 15 Springburn 

13 Jan 1987 18 Paisley, 16 Abbotsinch, 26 Springburn 

14 Jan 1987 18 Abbotsinch, 26 Springburn 

15 Jan 1987 19 Abbotsinch, 19 Springburn 

17 Jan 1987 15 Springburn 

25 Jan 1990 15 Springburn. 

7 Feb 1996 16 Paisley, 18 Abbotsinch

28 Dec 2000 23 Paisley

29 Dec 2000 23 Paisley, 

30 Dec 2000 18 Paisley

12 Mar 2006 19 Paisley, 22 Bishopton

7 Dec 2010 15 Paisley

2 Mar 2018 46 Bishopton 

3 Mar 2018 39 Bishopton 

4 Mar 2018 34 Bishopton 

5 Mar 2018 22 Bishopton

 

Edited January 13, 2023 by A Winter's Tale

[Floatylight]

I did well feb 21

[chicken soup]

Feb 96 for me..over a foot easily..I've been waiting ever since for a repeat.

[A Face like Thunder]

7 hours ago, chicken soup said:

Feb 96 for me..over a foot easily..I've been waiting ever since for a repeat.

Yes, definitely 5th/6th Feb 1996 for me in Blackpool.

Edited January 13, 2023 by A Face like Thunder

[Alexis]

Feb 96, Jan 2001 and Jan 2010 are the three major snowfalls I can remember. Seems like we only get one a decade!

[Kirkcaldy Weather]

So far I've experienced snow measuring a foot + on 2 occasions 

On 13/09/2019 at 17:04, Kirkcaldy Weather said:

Here in Kirkcaldy we get the Forth streamer with snow showers starting in the North Sea then moving into the firth of forth before arriving here, the 2 best I have experienced in my lifetime so far (I am 23) were November 2010 and February / March 2018 Beast From The East.

The perfect setup is as straight of an easterly flow as possible and 850 temps usually from -8 and below.

November 2010

Winds were alternating between east and north easterlies on the 27th    with the first signs of the heavy snow arriving on the Saturday night 

By midday on the 28th the flow was perfect with a straight easterly continuing to feed in non stop bands of heavy snow which were quickly piling up the snowfall amounts   the easterly flow persisted even heading into the 30th  some more forecasts of the event 

 

 

I was living in a higher part of Kirkcaldy at the time and by the end of the event there was over a foot of snow. Some other youtube videos from Kirkcaldy of this event 

February / March 2018

27th February 2018 saw the easterly begin to arrive up here with a bitter cold pool accompanying it      through the night into the 28th the easterly strengthened   with the gale force easterly winds blizzard conditions set in with the non stop snow showers and also plenty of thundersnow            even here at 20m ASL by the end of the event again I had a foot of snow which is quite an achievement at that altitude, also was in the center of a RED snow warning from the met office 

      

 

 

 

my pictures from the event

 

2021 wasn't far off a similar depth just the streamers hitting here werent quite as intense as those that ended up with Dundee being cut off.

[Snowandrocks]

Assuming you mean 1ft+ lying at a time in one snowy spell rather than 1ft building up without it stopping snowing in between then just before Christmas is the most recent. 

Most of our snow falls in showers rather than frontal events, so it's rare that you get more tham 3 or 4 inchrs in a si gle fall unless the showers run together. 

Edited January 16, 2023 by Snowandrocks

[reef]

I haven't ever seen a foot of snow in this area, never mind from a single fall!

The closest is 2nd December 2010 when we had 27cm.

I think what's more depressing is we've only had 9 snowfalls of above 5cm in the last 25 years.

[Scuba steve]

96 we had 12 inches plus from 30 hours of snow 

[Rob 79812010]

I don't think Manchester has ever had a foot from one fall or a build. 63 had 9 inches in Wythenshawe recorded and 6 inches in MC centre. Can't find anything for 47 but may have done then. I remember 5 inches Jan 79, Jan 96 (bizarrely from an Easterly) and Jan 2010. None of then ever quite hit 6 inches. I live 5 miles out of Manchester 50 metres

[Rob 79812010]

13 minutes ago, Scuba steve said:

96 we had 12 inches plus from 30 hours of snow 

Amazing! Strangely Manc had 6 inches in Jan that year but wasn't the one you remember. Think the event you mention was a west lancs affair

[Rob 79812010]

On 14/01/2023 at 09:55, Alexis said:

Feb 96, Jan 2001 and Jan 2010 are the three major snowfalls I can remember. Seems like we only get one a decade!

I don't remember Jan 2001. Was it the one that built up over the week from easterly showers? 

[Rob 79812010]

I lived in Huddersfield between 91 and 98. In Jan 95 there was a famous one. 40 cm in Leeds and 50 cm in Huddersfield. The m62 was frightening driving home

[Methuselah]

For me, January and February 2001, January 1982 and February 1979... Any time before then, I was a lot shorter than I am now!

[Rob 79812010]

13 minutes ago, Ed Stone said:

For me, January and February 2001, January 1982 and February 1979... Any time before then, I was a lot shorter than I am now!

I believe Jan 82 was a stonker in Suffolk. Jealous

[Methuselah]

1 minute ago, Rob 79812010 said:

I believe Jan 82 was a stonker in Suffolk. Jealous

Back then, I was in Milton Keynes... It was bloody fantastic!

[Rob 79812010]

9 minutes ago, Ed Stone said:

Back then, I was in Milton Keynes... It was bloody fantastic!

I wish MC had falls like that. Honestly 2 inches is good for us. Think we had quite a bit in the December. Was at college that year. Only around 4 inches though. Ace for Manc though

[Eastips85]

On the last cover of snowfall nearly 2 years ago. Feb 9th 2021.