What was the winter like in 2011?
What was the winter like in 2011?
Winter 2011 – 2012 The winter was very mild and the November through March timeframe consistently had well above normal temperatures. Cold blasts were few and short lived and the snow that did fall quickly melted. Many areas were green for much of the winter as widespread synoptic snows were also few and light.
Was 2011 a cold year?
The 2011–12 North American winter by and large saw above normal average temperatures across North America, with the contiguous United States encountering its fourth-warmest winter on record along with an unusually low number of significant winter precipitation events.
What year was the coldest winter in UK?
A record-breaking winter took place in 1982, with an average temperature of 0.3C plaguing Britain. The freezing winter also saw the coldest registered temperature in UK modern history recorded in Braemar, Scotland, when -27.2C was recorded.
When was the last heavy snowfall in England?
February 2009 Great Britain and Ireland snowfall
| Satellite image of the snowfall in England and Wales (Click here for false colour image) | |
|---|---|
| Formed | 1 February 2009 |
| Dissipated | 13 February 2009 |
| Lowest pressure | 992 mbar (hPa) |
| Lowest temperature | −18.4 °C (−1.1 °F) in Aviemore, Scotland |
What year was the big freeze in England?
1963
South Today has taken a look back in its archives at the winter of 1963 when a cold spell gripped the UK for several months. Viewers were also asked to send in their images depicting how snow and ice covered Berkshire, Dorset, Hampshire, the Isle of Wight and Oxfordshire.
What is the coldest UK has ever been?
What is the coldest recorded temperature in the UK? UK temperatures have been known to plunge to lows of -27.2 C, in Braemar, East Scotland, and Altnaharra in the North of Scotland. These lows were recorded on January 10, 1982, and December 30, 1995, respectively.
Was 2010 a cold year?
Although the cold relaxed mid-month, it returned with a vengeance until the last few days. This made December 2010 the coldest in 100 years, as far back as nationwide Met Office records go and the coldest of any winter month since February 1986.
