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01 February 2016 20:32:30

The last time i actually saw snow falling and laying in this lowland part of Hampshire was suprisingly last year  in February.. But i didnt see it as i  just happen to be working away  in London and saw nothing!  


http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/district/winchester/11766916.Hampshire_and_Southampton_covered_by_snow/?ref=mac


So i guess i can claim i never actually saw faling snow laying and havent  since 2013 however i do work away , and i dont get up at 3 am to check so  I think sometimes we suffer from selective memory loss.!  Mind you it was all gone by midday..so maybe not so memorable..


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Essan
01 February 2016 20:37:16

Its 365 days since I saw a snow flake.

But there was a brief full ground cover of snow here in Evesham in January last year.   At around 2am.    It had all gone by 6am.   So most never knew it happened ....

The slushfest of 2013 never produced full ground cover in town.   I dont recall whether 2012 did.   I know there was not a single flake of snow in 2011.

I think I may have to go all the way back to December 2010 for a proper snow cover that lasted all day!


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Whether Idle
01 February 2016 20:44:19

IMBY rather than on them thar hills...a proper layer and snow falling - we are talking around 3rd April 2013.  Nearly 3 years and counting


Abysmal even by the standards of 1973-6 or 1988-90.


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NickR
01 February 2016 21:02:19

About 2-3 weeks ago. Thursday or Friday morning, overnight rain turned to snow at 8am - heavy for an hour, then a couple more hours - maybe 2-3" in total. Before that early/mid-December - again rain turned to snow one Saturday - had about 6 hours of snow. About 4-5" on favoured surfaces (grass), 2-3" elsewhere. Lasted in decent amounts until Monday/Tuesday following with bits and bobs for a week-10 days. Before that mid-November it snowed at about 2am one night, lay, about 1.5". Washed away by 6:30am as the snow turned to rain.

I'm low level for this part of the world - about 100m.


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Gooner
01 February 2016 21:09:38

A couple of weeks ago ...........................twice


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Banbury
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Gooner
01 February 2016 21:11:36


About 2-3 weeks ago. Thursday or Friday morning, overnight rain turned to snow at 8am - heavy for an hour, then a couple more hours - maybe 2-3" in total. Before that early/mid-December - again rain turned to snow one Saturday - had about 6 hours of snow. About 4-5" on favoured surfaces (grass), 2-3" elsewhere. Lasted in decent amounts until Monday/Tuesday following with bits and bobs for a week-10 days. Before that mid-November it snowed at about 2am one night, lay, about 1.5". Washed away by 6:30am as the snow turned to rain.

I'm low level for this part of the world - about 100m.


Originally Posted by: NickR 


 


You have done well considering the woeful Winter we have had


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Marcus
Banbury
North Oxfordshire
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NickR
01 February 2016 21:15:34


 


 


You have done well considering the woeful Winter we have had


Originally Posted by: Gooner 


TBH Marcus you are 100% right. It's head scratching. We had the mildest Nov/Dec yet we just got very lucky with synoptics those 2 times. The big snow event (mid Dec) was rain sweeping across the country - it was rain up to about Scotch Corner, and then snow beyond that. Just very lucky. Mind you, I remember a big snow event a couple of years ago where everyone else got snow and we got 5 hours of freezing rain :/ Swings and roundabouts!


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lanky
01 February 2016 21:16:29

I generally take a snap or two just to mark those rare occasions


Last pics I got are dated 21 Jan 2013 so that must have been it


 


Martin
Richmond, Surrey
Snow Hoper
01 February 2016 21:28:06

Probably the winter of 2012/13 for anything noteworthy. I used my window wipers to remove the 6 flakes from the last average spell.


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Gusty
01 February 2016 21:46:31

IMBY - 12th March 2013 


Further light snow fell later that month until 2nd April but by that stage it wouldn't settle.


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LeedsLad123
01 February 2016 21:51:57

January this year (5cm). Before then, November last year (1cm). Before then, March last year (1cm). Before then, January last year (6cm). Before then, December 2014 (4-5cm). I could go on, but I won't.


Funnily enough, the snowfall on Boxing Day 2014 saved 2014 from being a snowless year - and we were so close to a White Christmas. Still felt nice though since all the decorations were still up.


Whitkirk, Leeds - 85m ASL.
tallyho_83
01 February 2016 22:12:35

Abroad - Calgary, Canada in March 2013 - It was -21c with ice-crystals - then drove to Lake louise it warmed up (Chinook winds) to -7c with sunshine. - felt balmy. Only 180 km's (1hr 45mins) drive and such a huge difference in weather/temperature. - We all thought it would be colder in Lake Louise but turned out some 10-15'c warmer.

Back in Exeter a slushy deposit in Jan 2013 which melted, Feb/March 2013 brought a lot of wet snow and sleet or graupel but very little settled if any) - so that didn't really count. - 4th Feb 2012 - there was a dusting of powder until 11am at a temp of -3c.

Prior to that December 2010.


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picturesareme
01 February 2016 22:31:11
Almost 12 months ago now 😔
Sage
01 February 2016 22:35:20
Last Saturday, 30 Jan 2016.
LeedsLad123
01 February 2016 22:38:46
^^ I forgot about that. We did have a very brief covering on Saturday. Not enough to count though - just enough to make the grass white.
Whitkirk, Leeds - 85m ASL.
Lionel Hutz
01 February 2016 22:40:19
We got a few flakes one night during last month's cool spell. The last time we had snow lying here goes back to March 2013 when we had snow lying on several occasions though not surviving for more than 24 hours at any stage.
Lionel Hutz
Nr.Waterford , S E Ireland
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Andy J
01 February 2016 22:46:49

Last time I saw falling and lying snow was Feb 3rd, 2015, with 3cm snowcover.


Gainsborough, Lincolnshire.
Gandalf The White
01 February 2016 22:52:04

About 2 weeks ago, in the cold spell, we had snow falling on Saturday night and into Sunday morning, with a covering on the grass that survived until the afternoon.


Before that there was snow on the lawn one morning early in the winter but I've forgotten exactly when.


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Fothergill
01 February 2016 23:18:54

Here we have had only one covering of snow (better than a brief thin layer of slush) since December 2010 over 5 years ago (Jan '13). It's been a very poor run.

Crepuscular Ray
01 February 2016 23:50:54
Sat 30th Jan and 3 times before that at this altitude this winter.
Experienced snow a few times more than that up in the Pentlands this winter so not too bad up here
Jerry
Edinburgh, in the frost hollow below Blackford Hill
glenogle
02 February 2016 00:12:56
Saturday 😀
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Sevendust
02 February 2016 03:29:27
Early February 2015
Saint Snow
02 February 2016 12:40:09


Abroad - Calgary, Canada in March 2013 - It was -21c with ice-crystals - then drove to Lake louise it warmed up (Chinook winds) to -7c with sunshine. - felt balmy. Only 180 km's (1hr 45mins) drive and such a huge difference in weather/temperature. - We all thought it would be colder in Lake Louise but turned out some 10-15'c warmer.


Originally Posted by: tallyho_83 


 


When I first went to Calgary in 2002, we set off from Calgary with the temp around 17/18c


Lake Louise was still frozen solid, snow was falling, and the temp was -12c


Mad place


 


(that was the time when, a couple days later, Calgary turned frigid & and overnight snowfall left around 9" of snow on the ground; when we left 3/4 days later, temps were peaking well into the 70's.


 


 



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Saint Snow
02 February 2016 12:49:27

Incidentally, I'm another whose last snow was a couple of weeks ago (2cm)


Before that, 30th Jan 15 (around 5cm); before that Boxing Day 2014 (around 5cm)


No falls that have lasted on the ground more than 48 hours, mind.



Martin
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LeedsLad123
02 February 2016 12:49:53

I like variable weather.. but I imagine Calgary is a place where it's almost impossible to acclimatise due to the rapid swing in temperature. The epitome of schizophrenic weather! Denver in Colorado is just as bad.


Whitkirk, Leeds - 85m ASL.

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