December 1892 was a cold month with spells of wintry weather. A Nwly flow on the 4th and 5th, gave heavy snowfalls to a number of areas.

1st December
Melrose: 2.5 inches of snow
Peebles: 3.5 inches of snow
Glasgow: 4 inches of snow

2nd- 5th December
Forres, snow daily

3rd-5th December
Douglas, snow daily

4th and 5th December
Buntingsdale: 14 inches of snow
Southport: 4 inches of snow
Manchester: 6 inches of snow

3rd-6th December
Coventry, snow daily

The mid month period was milder but it became colder towards the end of the month as high pressure ensured frosts and fog.

Addington: 28th, the max was 28F. On the 25th, the lake was covered with ice strong enough to carry skaters and during the last week, trees were beautifuuly covered in rime.

Diss: The weather during the entire Christmas holidays was exceptionally brilliant with sharp frost and good skating.

Haverfordwest: On the night of the 25th, a severe frost set in, skating on every day, large ice floes on the river Cleddan

Jedburgh: ponds and rivers frozen over.

Old Cummock: almost continuous frost from 20th to the close.

Cargen: the mean temp of the last 10 days was 28.6F

The CET for the month was 1.8C

 

 

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Cheers Kev

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Kev,

do you have anything from 5-9th December 1981 when North Manchester received several inches of snow from heavy snow showers off the irish sea and then a blizzard on the night of 13th? Cheers

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