Yes, it is a trend I have noticed as well, also the same goes for cold spells with N'ly + E'lys always starting towards the end of the month for the last few years. Such examples include: Feb 06: No lying snow for my location sadly, but very cold with lots of snow showers which lasted untill early March. Dec 05: 2" from an Atlantic front hitting cold air on the 29th/30th. Nov 05: No snow, but some biting N'lys at the end of this month after a warm autumn. Feb 05: A remarkable spell of snow for SE especially that started in Late Feb and carried on towards mid-March and dumped 15cm of snow in Kent during it's peak. Dec 04: Some snow around Xmas, although I don't remember where! My area was cold and very frosty with mins of -5c on boxing day morning. Feb 04: Although my memory is little rusty, I remember western areas getting quite a bit of snow at the end of this month. None for me but cold. Jan 04: Thundersnow on the 28th Jan 03: 30th saw sudden blizzards that night. My memory is not crystal clear so I may be slightly off with some of these "facts" and also most of it is just what I remember for my area.