oh come on 1997? what a load of tosh, it last snowed properly in December 2011 even in Leysdown-on-Sea which after all is a coastal village on the east side of a very flat Isle of Sheppey facing a large stretch of relatively warm sea, so your chances of getting anything are less than most!
Originally Posted by: chiversa
LOL at the quoted bit. You don't live here, do you?
Being a coastal village didn't cause any problems until 1998 (onwards) - before that it was the opposite, we had far more snow here than most parts of southern England. That was because we really do benefit from easterlies... the last midwinter one of which was 1997.
I'll say it again. The last time we in Leysdown had any of the following was January 1997. Before then we had one or more in the following years: 1996, 1995, 1993, 1991, 1987, 1986, 1985, 1984, 1983, 1981, 1979, 1970... you get the idea.
- Powder snow (as opposed to the slushy, sopping wet easy-to-melt stuff we've had since then)
- A high of -1C or lower
- Icicles
- Sublimation (as opposed to melting) of snow
While I appreciate that inland the increase in temperatures hasn't made much difference to snow chances, here by the coast it's made one hell of a difference.