Coldest December in Britain in a decade

[kenl01]

http://www.physorg.com/news9478.html
http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/po ... id=1242006


The blast of cold air and snow -- which stranded motorists, canceled trains and caused numerous accidents -- is forecast to lift for much of Britain Saturday, but there were severe weather warnings, with heavy snow forecast Friday for Scotland, much of England and Wales, the Daily Telegraph reported Friday. One man was reported to have died after his van crashed into a truck, the BBC said.


Freezing fog was a problem for much of the Midlands and parts of England, while Northern Ireland had up to two inches of snow.

"It has been the coldest December since the mid-1990s," said a Met Office spokesman. "The south of England has come in at about 3 degrees below the average, which is the first time this has happened since December 1996."

The police department in Kent, one of the cities hardest hit with snow, reported 75 complaints from people targeted by snowballs.

Copyright 2005 by United Press International

[P.K.]

The police department in Kent, one of the cities hardest hit with snow

LOL, Kent it a county not a city.

The preliminary value from Phillip Eden for the Central England Temperature (CET) has this December as the coldest since 2001 at 4.6C. (The CET was 3.6C in 2001)

[KWT]

Alot of that has to be down to the cold easterly we had at the end of the month, gave a few areas in Kent upto 8 inches and generally some eastern counties got anything from 2-3 inches to a foot of snow over 2-3 days.

Intrestingly the models are starting to indicate a repeat prefomance as well and we also had one last Febraury. nort bad considering that before Feb 05 we hadn't had a single easterly for 10 years, while in one tenth of that time we could have three!

[P.K.]

The Met Office warnings for Herts had 2-5cm with up to 10cm locally. I think the most we ever got in the end was about 2mm. No doubt it will snow here as soon as I go back to Reading...........