Long dull spells

[Summer8906]

Another thread has reminded me of this, but how about the two or three weeks leading up to the Feb 1991 snow event?

That was, if I remember right, cold, dry but very cloudy. (I actually found it atmospheric, my intolerance to dullness is something which developed in later life).

Also, the two weeks or so following the Feb 1991 snowy spell was also pretty dull, IIRC, but this time thanks to mild and overcast Tm SW-lies.

From the same era, March 1988 and 1989 were both, IIRC, unseasonably dull for early spring - and again, both also mild so presumably very SW-ly. (March 1989 then improved in the final week).

Edited September 27, 2023 by Summer8906

[Summer of 95]

Looking at months from before my time, February 1965 looks especially grim. 25.1 hours of sun and 10.4mm of rain at Shawbury, with a low mean max of 5.5 but mean min of 0.1 and only 11 frosts. Cold but not freezing, dry and dull. Looking at the snow survey it doesn't seem to have been great, saying that away from highland districts most places had only 1-2 days of snow cover, no doubt because of the dryness and lack of cold nights caused by the cloud.