First time post for me so I hope this works ok. I spent much of my childhood living in the North Notts area during the 1950s. During this time I became interested in the weather, particularly the more dramatic aspects, thunderstorms, snow etc. I recall many events, but cannot attribute dates until I believe 1 Feb 1956 when I clearly remember the bitter cold and new snowfall. The small bottles of milk provided for children in those days had been left outside the school building in the early morning and most had frozen by the time the chidren arrived, trudging in the snow. I remember snowstorms in 1958 January & in particular February, probably 24th-25th. By 1960 I had aquired a second hand aneroid barometer, together with various weather books etc. In March 1962 age 13 I decided to start keeping a daily descriptive account of the weather, to include a barometer reading and wind direction/force. I had attempted to adjust the barometer, probably using a TV weather chart for reference. Wind direction was taken from a wind vane on a nearby building. A thermometer was fixed to a tree trunk in the garden. As it turned out the first winter I recorded was 1962/3. For anyone who may be interested I have copied the months of Nov 1962 to March 1963 and they are seen below( I hope). Best to recall my comments above re pressure, wind and temperature as the entries are unlikely to stand close scrutinity!. Hope anyone interested enjoys. Chartplotter 1962 November 1 Cloudy all day. Rain commencing about 9:45am. Mostly fine after 2pm but rain in the evening, clearing by dark. Much of the rain heavy. Cold early but mild evening. Misty late evening. 29.25 S 1 to 5 2 Cloudy or dull morning with some rain. Quite sunny during the afternoon but with rather prolonged heavy shower. Average temperature. Sheet lightning visible until midnight. 29.20 S 1 to 4 3 Clear sky at first. Cirrus cloud later, with some cumulus and congestus during the afternoon, clearing during the evening. Quite clear night. Rather warm. 29.38 S to SW 3 4 Diffuse cirrus all day with some cumulus also. Short rain shower in early evening with strengthening wind. Cloudy by 10:30pm.29.28 S then SE 3 5 Rather cloudy all day with short burst of heavy rain about 9 - 10am. Then mostly dry but rain at times during the night. Warm. 29.11 SE 3 to 5 6 Foggy early. Dull or cloudy all day but mostly dry. Less warm. 29.33 E 0 to 3 7 Dull and rather foggy all morning with rain for about 2 hours. Brighter afternoon. Clear periods during the night. Cool.29.58 SE 0 to 2 8 Dull and rather foggy morning. Dull, damp and wet with drizzle for rest of the day into the night. Strengthening wind.29.64 NE 0 to 5 9 Rather wet all day with a lot of drizzle. Cool.29.79 NE 4 10 Dull all day with rain and drizzle all morning. Cloud thinning and air becoming drier by early night.30.16 N'NE 5 to 6 11 Cloudy and cold with showers during the afternoon.30.22 NE 4 12 Cumulus and congestus developing but clearing during the evening. Some clear periods during the night. Cold.30.21 Mainly N 3 13 Showers about early but mostly cloudless for the rest of the day. Frosty by late evening. Cold.30.30 N 2 14 Mostly cloudy all day with some slight rain during the afternoon and evening. Less cold but becoming cold again during the night. 29.90 NW 4 15 Cloud in very small amounts only all day. Cold with a keen wind and frost early and late. 30.16 N 3 to 4 16 Frosty but cloudy early. Snow starting about 7am and continuing until around mid day. Cloudy but dry for rest of the day. Cold. 29.62 SE 4 17 Cloudy but dry all day. Rain, sleet or snow most of the night. Cold. 29.28 E then N 4 to 5 18 Rain or sleet all morning. Dry afternoon but cloudy. Frost during the night. Cold. 29.58 N 7 19 Some sunshine during the morning but also rather frequent snow showers. A veritable blizzard for about 20 minutes with snow cover changing to ice in shade. Very cold. Frost by evening.30.00 N 4 20 Heavy frost early. Cloudy all day with sleet or snow during the night. Cold. 29.68 SE 3 21 Snow early but only a light covering. Most of the snow thawing later in the rather weak sun. Frost by evening. Cold. Misty later. 29.60 N 0 to 2 22 White frost early but thawing in sun. Rather misty. Mackerel sky in evening but frost returning. 30.26 N 0 to 1 23 Frosty and cold early. Cloudy all day and dull most of the afternoon with rain, heavy at times, continuing well in to the night. Cold. 30.10 S 0 to 4 24 Some sunshine all morning but with much streaky and patchy cirrus. Mostly cloudy or dull afternoon but dry. Dense fog by 10pm. Mild but becoming colder by evening. 30.01 SW 2 25 Fog and cloud early. Weak sunshine all day. Fog patches at night. 30.60 Var 0 to 1 26 Cloudy morning with thick mist or fog patches. Brighter afternoon. Fog patches during the night. Cool. 30.79 Var 0 to 1 27 Dull all day with much mist. Cold. 30.76 Var 0 to 1 28 Dull all day and misty. Rather cold. 30.60 Var 0 to 1 29 Thin stratus cloud all morning. Mostly sunny afternoon and clear periods during the night. Much less misty than previous days. Cool or rather cold. 30.46 W 2 to 3 30 Drizzle towards the end of previous night. Cloud morning but sunny afternoon. Clear night with fog and frost. Cold.30.71 Var 0 to 1 December 1 Rather foggy and damp early. Quite a lot of rather hazy sunshine all day. Clear night with frost.30.80 SE 2 2 White frost early. Temperature barely reaching 32F and severe frost during the night. Dense fog all night.30.71 SE 2 3 Severe frost continuing all morning. Persistent fog all day with rime on trees. Cloudy night with freezing temperatures but stronger wind. Very cold. 30.60 SE 0 to 3 4 Dull and foggy all morning. Clear afternoon but with fog quickly returning in the evening. Temperature failing to reach 32F. 30.57 SE 0 to 2 5 Severe frost all morning with everything covered in thick rime. Frost returning around 3pm. 30.58 S 1 6 Frosty most of the morning. Sunny all day but with frost returning in the evening. Cold.30.45 S 1 7 Frosty and foggy morning, clearing during the afternoon with a veil of high cloud and freshening wind. Mild by late evening. 30.24 S 0 to 4 8 Cloudy morning with rain and a heavy downpour around 12 noon. Dry afternoon with clear evening. Heavy rain around 5am next morning. Mild. 29.71 SW 5 to 6 9 Dry all day with quite a lot of sunshine. Cool. 29.74 NW 5 to 6 10 Mostly sunny all day but with some small patches of cloud. Cold early. High cloud thickening during the evening. 29.91 NW 3 11 Mostly cloudy or dull until evening with rain at times. 29.12 W'SW then NW 4 12 Mostly cloudy all day with some rain or sleet during the morning and snow during the afternoon. Cold. 29.21 N 6 13 Frosty early. Snow showers all morning and some sleet showers in the afternoon. 29.88 N 4 14 Cloudy but dry all day. Cold at first but temperature rising to give a very mild night. Strong wind during the night. 29.50 W'SW 6 to 7 15 Variable cloud amounts during the day but mostly dry. Mild. Very strong wind. 28.90 W 8 to 9 16 Mostly sunny all day. Cool. 29.46 NW 5 17 Varying cloud amounts all day but cloudy by evening with some rain. Wind change and clearing sky by 10pm. Cool. 29.49 SW then W 3 18 Some sunshine but cumulo nimbus clouds with some showers. Cool. 29.50 W 3 19 Mostly sunny all day with small amounts of cloud. Cool. 29.81 NW 3 20 Rain, heavy at times all morning. Some rain during the afternoon and evening. Dry night. Mild. 29.51 S to SW 5 21 Sunny all day. Cool. Very little cloud. 30.42 NW 3 22 Cold all day. Misty with white frost most of the day. Cloudy and very cold night with strengthening wind.30.31 SE 0 to 4 23 Very cold all day with a maximum temperature of 31F. Severe frost during the night. Quite a lot of cloud during the day with a strange cumulus low down in the east in the afternoon.(Power station plume) 30.82 E 3 24 Continuous frost all day with a maximum of 31F. Severe frost early and late. Quite a lot of sunshine.30.85 E 2 to 3 25 Continuous frost all day with a maximum of 29F. Temperature of 14F recorded in the early morning. Rather misty.30.74 Var 1 26 Cold and freezing early with snow and mostly light covering. Thaw all day with rain at times. Maximum temperature of 36F. Freezing during the evening. 29.79 N,W,E 0 to 3 27 Frosty all day with a maximum of 34F. Some sunshine but a lot of rather thin cloud. 29.81 N 3 28 Dull and misty or foggy all day. Maximum 27F.29.81 Var 0 to 1 29 Variable cloud all day with a maximum of 30F. High cloud in the evening. ( thought - snow tomorrow)29.78 E 2 30 Cloudy all day. Snow during the afternoon and evening forming a complete covering of 1 to 2 ins.by 8Pm. Very cold. 29.56 E 5 31 Drizzling snow for much of the day. Dull. Maximum temperature around freezing. Biting wind. 29.92 E 6 to 7 1963 January 1 A lot of weak sunshine but much cloud all day. Maximum around freezing point. Snow lying. 29.91 E'NE 6 to 7 2 Dull all day with a lot of drizzling snow. Very short burst of heavier snow around 3:30pm. Drizzle during the night freezing to ice on everything it touches. Maximum below freezing point. 29.78 NE 5 to 6 3 Heavy snow all day amounting to 4 ins. Some drifting in the fresh winds. Very cold with maximum 32F. Some snow during the night with slight thaw. 29.48 NE 5 4 Snow most of the day but with a slight thaw. Maximum a little below 33F. Some mist patches during the night. Very dull and damp. 29.31 NE 1 5 Cloudy or dull all day but dry. Slight snow around 9 to 10am. Thaw continuing. 29.48 NE 1 6 Dry all day but with frost early. 3 to 4 ins of snow becoming crisp. Very cold. Snow flurries during the night. 29.88 E 3 7 Variable amounts of cloud all day but a lot of high cloud covered sunshine. Quite warm in the sunshine but with the lying snow shade temperature around 32F. Frost early and late. 29.89 E'NE 3 8 Very cold all day but mostly sunny. Some high type cloud. Clear night with severe frost. Lying snow now very hard with much ice. 30.25 NE 2 9 Cloudy all day with slight snow showers at times. Very cold with maximum around freezing point. Clear periods during the night with frost. 30.19 E'NE 2 10 Frosty all day. Mostly sunny apart from some light snow showers. Snow lying now very crisp. Garden pond looks to be almost frozen solid.30.26 NE 2 11 Cloudy or dull and foggy at times all day. Heavy snow shower of large flakes for about half an hour. Freezing all day. Clear night with severe frost. 30.42 NE 1 12 Continuous frost severe night and morning. Slight snow shower around 4pm. Snow very crisp. 30.50 NE 1 to 2 13 Cloudy early but sunny from mid morning. Maximum below freezing point. 30.48 N1 14 Rather cloudy day with a few snow flurries. Temperature rising to highest since Boxing Day but still cold. 30.42 N'NW 4 15 Cold, cloudy or dull and misty all day but dry, Maximum around 35F. 30.36 N1 16 Cloudy morning with a heavy snow shower, Some sunshine during the afternoon but with occasional heavy snow showers. Freezing all day. Severe night frost. 30.46 E 5 17 Variable cloud all morning. Snow showers during the afternoon becoming heavier and more frequent with very few clear periods during the night. 2 to 3 ins. of new snow. Maximum temperature well below freezing. 30.61 NE 1 to 4 18 Only a few light snow showers and quite a lot of sunshine. Maximum around freezing point. Very cold night with strong wind and cloud. 30.51 NE 5 19 Few snow showers but a lot of sunshine. Cloudy night with heavy snow to 4 ins with drifts. Maximum below freezing point. 29.98 E 5 20 Intermittent snow all morning. Dry for the rest of the day. Clear night. Maximum 31F. 29.96 E 5 21 Sunny all day. Maximum about 30 F. Severe frost. 30.48 SE 3 22 Sunny all day. Maximum temperature of 25F. Severe frost.30.89 SE 1 23 Sunny but with cirrus cloud. Maximum 27F. Severe frost. 30.89 SW 1 24 Sunny but rather misty all day. Continuous frost. 30.70 SW 1 25 Frost until mid afternoon, then slight thaw but frost in the evening. 30.62 SW 1 26 Frost soon clearing. Thaw with temperature above 40F. No frost in the evening. 30.71 Var 1 27 Thaw all day. Some slight rain or drizzle, clearing during the afternoon. Maximum 39F. 30.78 N1 28 Dull and misty all day. Temperature around 36F. Very damp. 30.74 Var 1 29 Dry all day with variable cloud. Cold. Snow still lying in places. 30.48 SW 1 30 Dull until mid morning with snow at times. Becoming colder during the day but most of the newly fallen snow melted. 30.46 NE 4 31 A few snow showers, heavy. Slight rain shower around noon. 30.21 N'NE 3 February 1 Heavy snow showers all morning. Continuous heavy snow all afternoon to 2 ins. Becoming colder with temperature falling to 25 F during the afternoon. Severe night frost. 30.20 NE 2 2 Mostly dry but rather cloudy all day. Some slight snow. Continuous frost. 29.89 NE 3 3 Quite a lot of cloud but dry. Continuous frost. 29.56 NE 3 to 5 4 Fog developing during the morning and persisting all day and well in to the night. Continuous frost. 29.44 Var 1 5 Variable cloud but persistent veil of high cloud. Very cold with persistent frost. Strong to gale wind during the night. 29.48 SE 4 then 8 6 Cloudy with some slight snow. Strong wind. Continuous frost. Snowy night. 29.50 SE 7 7 Rain most of the morning. Snow, continuous or almost, all afternoon and into the night. Slight thaw, especially during the morning. 29.50 Var 1 8 Cloudy until mid morning. Hazy sunshine for the rest of the day. Cold but with thaw. 29.90 S 1 9 Cloudy or dull all day but dry. Rather misty. Maximum temperature 31F. 29.89 SE 4 10 Some drizzling snow all day. Continuous frost. 29.71 E 4 to 5 11 Outbreaks of heavy drizzly snow all day. Very dull, damp and hazy. Maximum temperature around freezing. 29.59 NE 1 12 Occasional snow during the first part of the morning. Becoming less cloudy and damp later in the morning with some feeble sunshine. Mostly dry for the rest of the day but slight sleety showers during the evening. Icy ground early but maximum temperature near 40F. 29.78 N 2 13 Very slight snow shower during the previous night. Variable cloud all day, some high cloud. Snow cover shrinking. Maximum near 40F. 29.89 S 1 14 Cloudy all day. Snow most of the day but with pieces of ice at times. Temperature rising above freezing. 29.41 SE 6 15 1-2 ins of new snow. Dry all day with continuous but variable layer of high cloud. Very cold. Temperature only a little above freezing. 29.29 E or SE 5 16 Snow shower early. Variable high cloud all day but dry. Maximum only a little above freezing.29.40 E 3 17 A few snow showers but mostly dry. Very cold. 29.59 N 3 18 Snow shower early. Rather weak sunshine all day but variable cloud. Maximum not much above freezing. 29.64 NE 3 19 Some cumulus type cloud but mostly dry. Not much snow cover but a great deal of ice. Maximum only a little above freezing. 29.58 E 4 20 Keen frost in the morning. Slight thaw during the day but with a heavy and rather prolonged snow shower during the afternoon. 29.81 NE 4 21 Frosty early. Maximum temperature of 40F. Most of the snow cover melting during the day. 30.10 NW 2 22 Showers at times all day, of snow in the morning and rain during the afternoon. Rather cold. Continuing thaw of lying snow. 30.28 N 3 23 Snow until around 11am. Little or no further covering. Brighter afternoon. Maximum about 34F. 30.31 E 2 24 Heavy frost in the morning. Little thaw during the day and frost returning quickly during the afternoon. 30.41 SE 3 25 Severe frost early, 18F at 8am. Hazy sunshine all day but almost continuous frost. 30.40 SE 4 26 Foggy early. Sunshine all day with much running water from thawing snow. Severe frost early and late. 30.50 SE 0 to 5 27 Frost and cloud early. Sunshine for the rest of the day. Snow only in shade. 30.55 SE 2 28 Sunny all day after early frost and mist. Warm sunshine with little snow cover, but frost in evening. 30.52 SE 3 March 1 Sunny all day after early frost and mist. Continuing thaw of remaining snow and ice. Warm sunshine. Frost again in the evening. 30.50 SE 3 2 Frosty start. Continued thaw of little remaining snow. Warm sunshine. Frost again in the evening. 30.48 SE 3 3 Frost start. Sunny all day with continued thaw. 30.48 SE 2 4 Hazy sunshine early. Cloudy for the rest of the day with sporadic rain. Very little snow but some ice left. Average temperature. 30.21 S 2 5 Mostly cloudy but dry all day. Maximum temperature near 50F. 30.03 SW 5 6 Cloudy but dry all day, Maximum 55F. All snow melted. 30.03 SW 5 7 Variable cloud all morning. Cirrus type veil of cloud spreading from the west during the afternoon but not thickening up. Rather mild. 29.90 W or SW 4 to 6 8 Clouding over during the morning. Moderate rain between 12:30 and 1pm. Then veer of wind and clearing weather. Dry rest of the day. 29.31 SW or S 6 9 Rain, heavy at times most of the day. Some rain during the night. Cool.28.94 S'SE 7 10 Some sunshine all day but with a lot of cumulus cloud. 29.09 SW or W 6 11 Cloudy all day with rain during the evening. Cool. 29.19 E 4 12 Rather cloudy but dry all day. Rather cold. 29.78 SW 3 13 High cloud thickening up. Rain, continuous and rather heavy from 4pm in to the night. Rather muggy. 29.76 S 5 14 Variable but mainly continuous layer of high cloud. Dry all day but rain from late evening continuing all night.Rather warm, maximum temperature 60F. 29.57 S'SE 5 to 6 15 Some bursts of heavy rain early. Sunshine during the day but with cumulus cloud and some showers. Rather warm.29.61 S'SW 4 16 A lot of rather small anvil cirrus, with showers from mid morning. Around average temperature. 29.41 SW 5 17 Mostly cloudy all morning. Cloudy or dull afternoon with continuous and often heavy rain from 3pm to 10:30pm. Average temperature. 29.64 S 4 to 6 18 Mostly cloudy morning with rain from 10:30am until mid day. Then dry until 1:30pm when very dark cloud with heavy rain and again at 2:30pm. Then much clearer. Average temperature. 29.61 S then NW 3 to 5 19 Hazy sky all day but with some sunshine. Dry. Cool. 29.78 Var 1 to 3 20 Variable types of broken cloud but dry. Rather foggy early. Cold at first but average temperature later.29.89 N1 21 Cloudy all day but dry. Cold. 30.11 NE 2 22 Variable cloud all day but dry. Rather cold. 30.46 NE 2 23 Quite a lot of sunshine but rather hazy. Rather cold. 30.54 NE 2 24 Sunny morning. High frontal cloud thickening during the afternoon. Rain at times during the night. Warm sunshine with maximum 53F. 30.01 SW 4 then 7 25 Sunshine at times all day but with cumulus type cloud. Gusty wind. Cool. Clouding over during the evening. 29.71 W 7 26 Cumulus type cloud all day after early occasional rain. Average temperature. 29.64 NE 1 27 High cloud with variable low cloud most of the day. Some rain around noon. Becoming dark during the afternoon with rain, clearing by 3:30pm. Becoming rather cold. Rather heavy shower in the evening. 29.52 SW 4 28 Cumulus type cloud all day but with cirrus also.. Cool. No showers but no flattening of cumulus until dusk. 29.72 SW 3 29 Heavy rain early, then mostly dry until late morning. Continuous and rather heavy rain then continuing for the rest of the day and all night. Cool. 29.11 SE then N 1 30 Dull all day with periods of rain, heavy at times. Cold. Sleet for a short period in the morning. 29.22 N 1 to 3 31 Dry all day with sunshine at times. Warmer. 30.15 N 2
