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I was still in primary school back then and was off sick. We had snow showers on the Friday night and it lasted until around the following Tuesday. Hardly a classic but better than anything we’ve had recently.
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Really blustery one again tonight. Can hear the wind howling.
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Probably around the 8th April but I reckon we’ll have a few high teens days before that
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Can’t believe I haven’t seen a single flake of falling snow so far this winter considering how much cold weather we’ve had. Even the really mild winters like 15/16 had seen more by now.
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Starting to notice it now with the clearer weather. Saw daylight at 5pm yesterday, can’t remember the last time I saw that. Feels like it’s rained for about 4 weeks mind you!
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December 2009 and January 2010 we had a lot of snow, followed of course by late November 2010.
The most snow I can recall seeing on the ground however were both in March, 2013 and then the BFTE in 2018.
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Wild out there tonight, not heard it this bad in ages
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The unbelievable heat in July was the obvious standout, I’ve never experienced heat like that in this country. The August heatwave was memorable too and by that point the whole country’s grass was scorched and brown.
The December cold spell was nice before Christmas, other than that it was a boring year, especially January and April.
One of the worst years I can recall for storms, I found 2021 a lot more interesting weather wise.
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A few spring to mind:
-1999: We had snow showers Christmas Day afternoon, very fleeting but the first time I remember snow falling on Christmas Day.
- 2000: probably the first weather event I can remember in good detail. The snow arrived on the 27th and stuck around until New Year, I remember the nights being particularly cold during this spell. The snow was very deep.
-2003: Very heavy rain to snow event on New Years Eve, not many recall this as it was quite localised.
-2004: Snow showers on Christmas Day morning but the weather going into New Year was very stormy.
- 2005: Snow arrived around the 28th and remained for a few days, not as memorable as 2000 but a decent cold snap.
- 2008: I remember the period after Christmas being particularly cold with harsh frosts and fog although we didn’t have much snow at all.
-2009/10: Obviously these two are the most memorable, the snow was already on the ground from before Christmas, it was this period in 2010 when the weather started to turn milder and I remember the end of that year being particularly foggy.
-2014: Snow on Boxing Day evening and the cold weather lingered into the New Year.
-2017: I can’t recall the exact date, I think it was around the 28th but we had a covering of snow in the morning which had melted by the evening.
-2020: Similar to 2008, very cold and frosty going into the New Year with snow showers on the 27th.
-2021: Snowed Christmas Day night but turned very mild at the turn of the year.
Late December 1995 and 1996 were cold snowy but I was too young to recall these in any detail.
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Memories are quite sketchy but I remember the cold and sunny weather before Christmas. We had a few snow showers when I broke up for the school holidays on the 21st. The Saturday before Christmas was a very snowy day and it stuck on the ground until around Boxing Day. New Years Day I do recall being freezing.
The rest of the winter was really wet, I think around early February the river Wharf in Otley burst its banks near my school. I used to play a lot of football that winter and all I remember is playing in complete mud baths. It was around this time I started becoming interested in the weather, can’t believe it’s 21 years ago!
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I’m thinking quite cold, 4.6C & 92mm
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It was an amazing spell of weather, probably second only to the March 2013 in terms of snow depth I can remember. The wind was absolutely brutal, I don’t think I have ever experienced a wind that felt as cold as it was during this spell.
A particular memory that sticks out is me having to stop my car to smash blocks of ice off my windscreen wipers whilst I was driving to work. It was so cold I thought I was going to catch hypothermia!
Amazing that we had a similar Easterly a few weeks later, the snow didn’t stick as long due to the stronger sun mind.
Probably my favourite Spring weather wise.
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This current very mild spell we’re experiencing reminds me of the last time we had such warmth at the end of October in 2015. It led to a really persistent bank of fog that lingered for a good 5 days or so and wouldn’t budge.
Think there’s more of a breeze this time which would prevent a similar situation.
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One of the best ones I have lived through. Still prefer 2018 because the hot weather lasted longer and felt a lot less intense. During the August heatwave I was at a festival in Cornwall and the heat was relentless.
I’d give it a 9/10, one of the worst summers in living memory for storms however.
On a side note 2021 wasn’t too bad here, just bang average.
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I was at Haydock races the first weekend of September and I remember it being really wet. The heat in the second week is a real standout, it felt so humid and the thunderstorm in the early evening was terrific. We didn’t have much sun that day just oppressive heat and cloud so I knew a massive storm was imminent. I remember a Man City Champions League game being called of because of it.
Can’t really remember much of October but November was good. Cold throughout and it had one of the earliest lying snow events I can remember. Think it was around the 7th.
The following winter was a complete bore fest mind you.
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2019-2021 weren’t bad at all here, we had multiple decent storms in each year. This year has been appalling though, literally nothing at all. The hottest heatwave on record producing a bit of cloud was the low point.
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15.5C and 72mm
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Few that spring to mind
1998 - Music Sounds Better With You - Stardust
2000 - Lady Hear Me Tonight by Modjo
2003 Where is the love - BEP
2013 - Afterglow by Wilkinson
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A terrific summer month, I was in my first ever job at the time so have fond memories of that summer. It felt even better coming off the back of a series of truly horrific summer months in the previous few years and the very cold spring.
The first three weeks of the month were hot but it never really felt uncomfortable. There was a brilliant thundery spell in the third week when the heat broke down also. A proper thundery breakdown, not the pathetic attempt we had after the recent insanely hot spell.
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Tonight is the first time I’ve noticed it with it being so overcast. A month ago it was still pretty much daylight at this time.
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Your ideal weather year - month by month in history
in Spring Weather Discussion
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Going from years I have a detailed memory of it’ll probably be something like this:
January - 2010
February - 2009
March - 2018
April - 2011
May - 2020
June - 2018
July - 2006
August - 2022
September - 2021
October - 2008
November - 2017
December - 2010