Short pre Christmas blast of 1982

[Weather-history]

There was a short wintry blast on the 22nd  and into the 23rd December 1982 but it did not last into the Christmas period

 

                 

 

      

[LetItSnow!]

A thoroughly odd see-saw winter with a similar see-saw like temperature pattern into 1983. Average December, warm January, cold February, mild March, cold April and May, very hot summer, very cold end to October, a changeable November with both warm and cold spells then a very mild December with a very warm after-Christmas spell. Strong El Ninos tend to cause odd and abrupt weather patterns to our part of the world it seems. 1998 saw this with a warm, dry February but wintry weather and floods in April, then a very warm May then a cool summer. 2016 also was a little like this with a chilly first half to spring after an recording breaking warm December in 2015.

Edited December 22, 2023 by LetItSnow!
Typo correction.

[Summer8906]

Don't remember this spell at all, though I do remember a cold, dry and sometimes foggy period at the start of Dec. IIRC it was then near-constantly mild until the end of Jan before the cold, and snowy, spell set in once we got to Feb. I think Jan was mostly dry down here too - perhaps a cross between Jan 1989 and Jan 1990.

This event reminds me of your typical 21st century cold spell, two days and then it's gone. People must have been writing off 1982/83 by the time we got to mid Jan, not knowing how the winter would end...

1993/94 is the only other winter I remember with a similar reversal in Feb, though on that occasion the low track was further north so the cold spell was shorter and more transient.

Edited December 25, 2023 by Summer8906