The snowfalls of late February- early March 1909

[Weather-history]

Late February-early March 1909 was very snowy with frequent and heavy falls. Low pressure was often to the south and pressure, high to the north.

Some reports from this period

26th-28th February: Heavy falls of snow, total depth 10 inches. Shenfield
27th-28th: Snow fell continuously for 28 hours. Hampstead
28th: Snow 5 inches deep. St Peter's
28th: Snow fell from 7 to 9pm to a depth of 6 inches. Ingatestone

March
1st-3rd: The total depth of snow was 14 inches. Goudhurst
1st-4th: 5 inches of snow on 1st, 6 inches on the 2nd. Very heavy snowstorm set in 8.30pm, 3 inches falling by 10pm, 9 inches lying on the 3rd, 10 inche slying on the 4th.  Epsom

2nd: 12 inches of snow. Wittering
12 inches of snow. Offord D'Arcy
7.5 inches of snow. Seathwaite
3.5 inches of snow. Criccieth

2nd-3rd: Heavy snowstorm from 10pm on 2nd to 2.30am  covering the ground to a depth of 10 inches. Hampstead.
Snow commenced about 9pm on the 2nd and by 9.30pm was falling very thickly. It continued into the morning of the 3rd to a depth of 5 inches. Anothe 2.5 inches from 1.30 to 8.30pm. Camden Square.

12 inches deep snow, trees and shrubs wre thickly coated for some days. Hastings

3rd: Depth of snow at 9am, 7 inches, total depth 16 inches. Tenterden
15 inches of snow at Canterbury

3rd-4th: 16 inches of snow at Tunbridge Wells.

4th: 15 inches of snow at Ulcombe Place

There was a great snowstorm on the 6th which brought thunder and lightning

Mansfield: 16 inches
Belfast: 10 inches
Ware: 6 inches
Church Stretton: 6 inches
Matlock: 12.5 inches

7th
6 inches of snow, Leamington
11 inches of snow, Tonbridge
12 inches of snow, Stow-on-the-Wold