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Monday, 10 January 2011

Freezing Facts

How cold was December 2010?

  • At Heathrow it was the coldes December since records began in 1948.
  • At a place called Rothamsted, 26 miles from Heathrow it wat the 4th coldest since 1878 (1879, 1890, 1981 being colder.)
  • In central England as a whole it was the 2nd coldest on record since 1772 – the coldest being 1890.
  • In Scotland it was the coldest month since February 1947.

In the last 100 years the UK has only experienced five colder months;

  • January 1940
  • February 1947
  • January 1963
  • February 1963
  • February 1986

So yes December 2010 was cold and we have snow again!

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