A Face like Thunder

Rain has stopped at last but very wet underfoot. 1-2 signs of it brightening up a bit but I'm not holding my breath on this.

I was in South Cheshire at the time but don't particularly remember this gale. Highest windspeed (100mph) was near Caernarfon, so the N Wales mountains may have protected us from the worst of the wind.

Weather-history I was in Surrey at the time and whilst I don't remember this snowfall, I do remember the unexpected snow two weeks later on 5th April 1989 when I was caught out on Kingswood golf course whilst trying out a group walk, and the resulting and totally unexpected whiteout was a bit scary, despite my proximity to the village. Definitely the heaviest April snowfall I've seen and I must have smiled when we safely negotiated the golf course a few weeks later on the actual walk. No such problems today, just steady rain which, hopefully, will clear away this afternoon.

damianslaw late March 2013 saw a disaster in the N Wales hills with the loss of many sheep and lambs due to snowfall. I was in Chester Sat 23rd and the snow was thick on the ground in the city. Remarkably there was no snow in Crewe.

raz.org.rain it's called selling newspapers and advertising space. At the same time as a mini-heatwave is forecast, someone else will be forecasting the 'exact spots in England where a wall of snow will fall'. Don't bother with these headlines I say.

Yes, a nice day, dry throughout and really mild, with just some 'fluffy' cloud which didn't spoil the feel of the day. Cloud coming in now and I suspect we may get some rain overnight again lasting into tomorrow.

Our day out yesterday had some great weather but proved ultimately fruitless in view of an unfortunate muddle in dates. Today has started off well again but some cloud bubbling up in an otherwise blue sky. Still very mild though and likely to continue that way for 2-3 days before a chilly Northerly moves in for the weekend.

severe snowstorm yes, lovely to see the sun first thing with cloudless blue skies. We are out and about today, so could do with more of this.

According to the Countryfile forecast, we've got some levelling up ahead this week, the wet SE starting to dry out and the rain falling mainly in the North and West.

I sometimes hear the unmistakable two-tone whistle of Sir Nigel Gresley down in the yard at Crewe station whilst I'm walking the neighbour's dog about a mile away.. Lovely! A dry afternoon but a lot of cloud and very mild. A mixed week ahead according to the forecast on Countryfile tonight. Some rain midweek and then turning colder towards the end of the week as the dreaded NW's set in.

Steady rain early, but moved away by 9am and now dry, cloudy and really mild.

I don't remember this at all and neither, it appears, does Philip Eden in his very good book on British Weather disasters. I was living in Surrey at the time , so we may have missed it but I'm a bit surprised that Eden didn't pick up on it. Informative as always, thanks Weather-history

General gloom of the day added to by Crewe's failure to win at MK Dons, their 3rd defeat in four games and making their quest for automatic promotion from L2 less likely by the day. Two winnable home games to come and a few days of sun would do nicely, thank you.

Very gloomy but very little rain so far this afternoon.

Easter Sunday, 30th March 1975. It was snowing (as has happened all weekend) as the evening service at our local church in Surrey came to an end, when suddenly there was a brilliant flash of lightning followed by an instantaneous crash of thunder and all the lights in the church went out. We didn't know whether to laugh or fall on our knees and beg forgiveness for our many sins!

Rain Lady rain arrived here in S Cheshire at 12.15pm precisely. I normally have a bike ride in the afternoon but brought it forward and was glad I did as I just got back in time. Nuisance rain at the moment but I'm glad I'm not heading to Crewe Alex this afternoon.

iand61 we've had a static caravan on the East coast for over 20 years and love it. Do take note of the site management and the general feel of the place; also the facilities in the caravan of your choice. There can be nothing worse than owning a caravan on a badly-run site with limited facilities in your caravan, although, thankfully, we've not experienced this ourselves. An interesting Panorama programme recently on a mobile home site at Wyre, near Blackpool and near where I lived. Potential owners were assured that they could class their purchases as main homes and live there all the year round, but the reality was very different, with the site classed as holiday homes for occupancy for 11 month of the year only, and considerable amounts of money being lost as a result. Today has started bright but signs of it clouding over now before the rain arrives this afternoon.

We've had a heavy shower too but no thunder / lightning. Clouds suggest it may not be the last today!

Whoa! Monsoon shower at 1pm and fortunately indoors at the time. A front moving through perhaps? A bit surprised as it was quite bright an hour earlier. Looking at the clouds, I think we've got more showers to come before they are forecast to move away to leave a cold night and a better day tomorrow.

60 years ago today, and made all the more remarkable by the fact that the snowfall followed 48 hours after the warmest day of the year thus far (57F) and less than 24 hours after the highest minimum temperature (45.9F). Over an inch of precipitation fell that day and whilst much of it might have been rain in Central London, it certainly wasn't in the North Downs area of Surrey as this photo, taken on the morning of 16th March, shows (London stats: Brazell).

Overnight rain has cleared away and a bright start to the day.

I remember the 2016 heatwave well from when were staying in Hampshire. It all ended in a mighty big bang which I think would happen again with similar September temperatures in the future.

Bits and pieces of rain and nothing more, bus still very dark and gloomy.

London stats show a maximum temperature of 27.5F on 28th Jan and 27.7F on 1st Feb. The start of arguably the most dismal year in the 2nd half of the 20th century, with Jan to Sept mean temperatures (bar March) all below average (Brazell)

Bright and wet at the same time earlier, but the clouds have now filled in with a bit of rain. At least it's mild. Not nice!