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Iceboy53

1947 - Longest Winter - Deepest Snow replied on: 4/22/2005 9:58:46 PM According to this article NOW that the trend is towards warmer, wetter winters, where snowfall in southern England is the exception rather than the rule, I look back 40 years to the sever winter of 1962-63. It was the coldest winter of the 20th century and the most severe since 1740, lasting 16 weeks from November, 1962 until early March 1963. November, 1962: It all began with some frosty weather and a moderate snowfall on the 18th. There was some freezing fog in the second half of the month. Other winters: The only other winter that compares to 1962-63 was 1946-47. That winter had more snow but only lasted eight weeks from January 20 until March 11 1947. The 1981-82 was cold and was the last time that Gloucestershire had widespread deep snowfall coupled with the lowest recorded temperature of the 20th century on January 14 1982, a bone chilling -18C (-1.5F) at Dursley.

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