So S.E. misses out again. No real lying snow of any depth for 6 years now but at least this time winter hasn't begun yet!
Originally Posted by: fairweather
I was looking through my winter weather spreadsheet, after updating it to include the couple of bits of mostly-melted graupal we had here the other day. It makes grim reading - here, have a look at the "snow on the ground at 9AM" stats:
2023/4 - Zero (a 5-minute partial dusting one afternoon is all)
2022/3 - Zero (a partial dusting on two days)
2021/2 - Zero (not even any sleet!)
2020/1 - 7 consecutive days of snow cover, peaking at 13cm
2019/20 - Zero (not as much as a flake of sleet)
2018/9 - Zero (just a bit of sleet)
2017/8 - 5 consecutive days of snow cover, peaking at 15cm - the Beast from the East, a decent but short spell
2016/7 - Zero (a brief partial dusting on one day)
2015/6 - Zero (nope, not even any sleet)
2014/5 - Zero (a bit of sleet on a few days)
2013/4 - Zero (a few flakes of sleet at the end of a rain shower on one day)
Before that we had a cover of snow on the ground in 2012/3 (twice), December 2010 (two lots, 9 days in total), and the forgotten winter of 2009/10, which blew 2010 into a cocked hat - 18 days of snow on the ground, in two events.
It's pretty slim pickings in recent years, and what I wouldn't give to see another cluster of snowy winters as we had around 2010!