Here are forecasts from that period late November to mid December 2008, which turned out to be the coldest start to winter since 1976-77.
Here is Tomasz warning of the risk if wintry weather for overnight Saturday
21st November 2008
22nd November 2008: Susan Powell firms up on the risk. We had some snow here which partially laid.
After a short mild interlude, the cold really kicked in around the 28th November
1st December 2008
The dangers of doing a live news report with kids in the snow
2nd December 2008
BBC Northwest news on the snowfalls that hit parts of the region.
2nd December 2008: Tomasz gives a warning of a snow threat during Wednesday night
3rd December 2008: snow threat is firmed up. If I remember rightly, the snowfalls across Scotland were overestimated? I'm sure Matt Taylor was sent to Stirling in Scotland to do BBC Breakfast weather broadcasts expecting snowy scenes. Instead, it was green!
4th December 2008
BBC News report on the snowfalls
Forecast
5th December 2008
6th December 2008
7th December 2008
8th December 2008
9th December 2008
10th December 2008
11th December 2008
12th December 2008
13th December 2008
14th December 2008
15th December 2008: Alex Deakin says it has been the coldest start to winter for 30 years
17th December 2008: it finally starts to turn milder
Manchester Airport temperatures, maxima and minima
29th November: 1.0C; -1.0C
30th November: 2.0C; -3.0C
1st December: 3.0C; -6.0C
2nd December: 2.0C; -3.0C
3rd December: 2.0C; -4.0C
4th December: 6.0C; 1.0C
5th December: 7.0C; 2.0C
6th December: 6.0C; -3.0C
7th December: 3.0C; -4.0C
8th December: 6.0C; 0.0C
9th December: 5.0C; -2.0C
10th December: 4.0C; -4.0C
11th December: 4.0C; -2.0C
12th December: 8.0C; 0.0C
13th December: 9.0C; 4.0C
14th December: 4.0C; -2.0C
15th December: 3.0C; -3.0C
16th December: 7.0C; 2.0C
MANCHESTER SUMMER INDEX for 2021: 238
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