I'm pretty sure that the middle of December was pretty cold in the S.E last year, probably the coldest spell of last winter which was mild here. Could somebody confirm that because my weather station data got corrupted that month.
Originally Posted by: fairweather
I went to Heathrow in the middle of December last year, for an aborted attempt to go on holiday. (I stayed overnight at the Sofitel, my eye "popped" and I had to cancel the trip early on the morning that I should have flown to Japan.)
I came back the following day, and although I was in agony I do remember seeing some quite snowy scenes out and about. In both cases, going there and coming back, the settled snow didn't make it much beyond the North Downs, and there was nothing on the ground over here, aside from a few bits of slush one morning. There was, however, a fair bit of very cold rain and sleet!
These are the temperatures from my weather station, copied from Wunderground (hence the US date format). It actually looks like quite an impressive cold spell... lack of snow aside. I think I'd have appreciated it much more had I not been in pain throughout (and losing a holiday as a result).
12/7/2022 4.2 °C -0.4 °C
12/8/2022 2.9 °C -2.1 °C
12/9/2022 3.0 °C -2.4 °C
12/10/2022 2.8 °C -4.0 °C
12/11/2022 2.6 °C -0.5 °C
12/12/2022 2.7 °C -2.9 °C
12/13/2022 2.6 °C -4.1 °C
12/14/2022 2.2 °C -1.7 °C
12/15/2022 0.9 °C -4.4 °C
12/16/2022 2.4 °C -4.7 °C
12/17/2022 4.3 °C -4.8 °C