Winter 1947 website-memories of a real winter
 

www.winter1947.co.uk

I've updated the website for one of the most impressive winters of the 20th
century in the UK-that is if you like snow and cold weather. The tables of
snow depth and snow lying have been merged and now have information for all
of the Daily Weather Report stations shown. The table now runs to the end of
March 1947 to take into account NE Scotland where the snowcover, despite a
late start, was slower to clear. A map has been added to show where the DWR
stations were located.
The www links/photos page has also been updated but bear in mind that a
number of these are community/newspaper sources which tend to come and go.
I've managed to retrieve a link to the excellent Abertillery Online from an
archive source as the main link has gone. The new link to Lingdale is worth
a look.

All the best

--
George in Epping, West Essex (107m asl)
www.eppingweather.co.uk
www.winter1947.co.uk

Winter 1947 website-memories of a real winter
 

On Tue, 23 Jan 2007 12:31:05 -0000, "George Booth"
wrote:

I've updated the website for one of the most impressive winters of the 20th
century in the UK...

Thank you, George, very much for that resource. I was nine and a half
during that winter and still have some memories.

--
Alan White
Twenty-eight miles NW of Glasgow, overlooking Lochs Long and Goil in Argyll, Scotland.
Webcam and weather:- http://windycroft.gt-britain.co.uk/weather
Some walks and treks:- http://windycroft.gt-britain.co.uk/walks

Winter 1947 website-memories of a real winter
 

www.winter1947.co.uk

I've updated the website for one of the most impressive
winters of the 20th century in the UK-that is if you like snow
and cold weather. The tables of snow depth and snow lying have
been merged and now have information for all of the Daily
Weather Report stations shown. The table now runs to the end
of March 1947 to take into account NE Scotland where the
snowcover, despite a late start, was slower to clear. A map
has been added to show where the DWR stations were located.

Very interesting, George. I don't remember it at all, though
I've seen plenty of photographs.

The table points up a flaw in the system - almost all the
recording points in Scotland are on or near the coast (the
exceptions being Eskdalemuir and Dalwhinnie). It would have been
interesting to see snow depth inland in north-east Scotland, say
at Braemar, not to mention the actual snow depth at Dalwhinnie.
I am also a little puzzled by the apparent inclusion of Renfrew
and Prestwick in Area 11.

Anne

Winter 1947 website-memories of a real winter
 

I often look at that George and dream :-)

Is there a similar one for 1963?

Not that I really remember that one as I was only 3 :-(

**Light snow shower @ 15:00 at Chelmsford.

Keith (Southend)
http://www.southendweather.net
George Booth wrote:
www.winter1947.co.uk

George in Epping, West Essex (107m asl)
www.eppingweather.co.uk
www.winter1947.co.uk

Winter 1947 website-memories of a real winter
 

"Keith (Southend)G" wrote in message
ups.com...
I often look at that George and dream :-)

Is there a similar one for 1963?

Not that I really remember that one as I was only 3 :-(

**Light snow shower @ 15:00 at Chelmsford.

Keith (Southend)
http://www.southendweather.net
George Booth wrote:
www.winter1947.co.uk

George in Epping, West Essex (107m asl)
www.eppingweather.co.uk
www.winter1947.co.uk

Yes, thanks George, me too, Keith! I used to look at Mike Tullet's stuff
quite a lot for 1963.
** - I think a flake or two passed this way about then.
Dave

Winter 1947 website-memories of a real winter
 

George Booth wrote:
www.winter1947.co.uk

I've updated the website for one of the most impressive winters of the 20th
century in the UK-that is if you like snow and cold weather. The tables of
snow depth and snow lying have been merged and now have information for all
of the Daily Weather Report stations shown. The table now runs to the end of
March 1947 to take into account NE Scotland where the snowcover, despite a
late start, was slower to clear. A map has been added to show where the DWR
stations were located.
The www links/photos page has also been updated but bear in mind that a
number of these are community/newspaper sources which tend to come and go.
I've managed to retrieve a link to the excellent Abertillery Online from an
archive source as the main link has gone. The new link to Lingdale is worth
a look.

All the best


"Them folks were well 'ard."

Someone's got their bedroom window open.... :-o

--
Chris
http://www.ivy-house.net
Swaffham, Norfolk

Winter 1947 website-memories of a real winter
 

"Keith (Southend)G" wrote in message
ups.com...
I often look at that George and dream :-)

Is there a similar one for 1963?


As Dave said Mike Tullett's site on 1963 via the links page on my site


"Chris Smith" wrote in message
...

"Them folks were well 'ard."

Someone's got their bedroom window open.... :-o

I presume this refers to the photograph on the home page. Snow clearing off
the roof as well-no loft insulation. But people were, of necessity, more
resilient in those days. The economic circumstances of the immediate
post-war period were very difficult and matters were not helped by the rapid
thaw and severe flooding in mid March. I was only a few months old when the
photograph was taken and not long after that we were off to the frozen
north-east with plenty of snow in those parts as well during the 1950's.

I am aware that ITV regional news programmes are likely to run a series of
features on the 1946/47 winter using local resources. This will be during
the next few weeks but no idea as to dates though.

All the best
--
George in Epping, West Essex (107m asl)
www.eppingweather.co.uk
www.winter1947.co.uk

Winter 1947 website-memories of a real winter
 

Very interesting, George. I don't remember it at all, though I've seen
plenty of photographs.

The table points up a flaw in the system - almost all the recording points
in Scotland are on or near the coast (the exceptions being Eskdalemuir and
Dalwhinnie). It would have been interesting to see snow depth inland in
north-east Scotland, say at Braemar, not to mention the actual snow depth
at Dalwhinnie. I am also a little puzzled by the apparent inclusion of
Renfrew and Prestwick in Area 11.

Anne


The majority of stations on the DWR were airfields of RAF or Naval type and
coastguard stations with a few exceptions such as Kew. However information
for other, often inland and non-military, sites is included in the various
monthly summaries on the website, including details of low temperatures and
remarkable snow depths. The snow depths at Dalwhinnie were not shown on the
DWR but there is no doubt they would have been impressive at times,
particularly later in the winter. I did look at a number of Daily Records
(via the Met Office Archive) for some locations but only where there was an
anomaly in the reported snow depth and I had a hunch that they were wrong.
Worry not, Renfrew and Prestwick are indeed part of Area 12 (SW Scotland and
I of Man) - a loss of formatting twixt original and webpage. I shall visit
that one again.


--
George

Winter 1947 website-memories of a real winter
 

In uk.sci.weather on Tue, 23 Jan 2007, "Keith (Southend)G"
wrote :

I often look at that George and dream :-)

Is there a similar one for 1963?

A long time back I had a newspaper supplement that may have been for
1963 - I tend to hoard stuff like that. The only problem is finding
it... :)

After some searching I found it, but it was in fact for 1982 - a Western
Mail blizzard special, covering Wales mostly.
--
Paul Hyett, Cheltenham (change 'invalid83261' to 'blueyonder' to email me)

Winter 1947 website-memories of a real winter
 

George Booth wrote:
"Keith (Southend)G" wrote in message
ups.com...
I often look at that George and dream :-)

Is there a similar one for 1963?


As Dave said Mike Tullett's site on 1963 via the links page on my site


"Chris Smith" wrote in message
...

"Them folks were well 'ard."

Someone's got their bedroom window open.... :-o

I presume this refers to the photograph on the home page. Snow clearing off
the roof as well-no loft insulation. But people were, of necessity, more
resilient in those days. The economic circumstances of the immediate
post-war period were very difficult and matters were not helped by the rapid
thaw and severe flooding in mid March. I was only a few months old when the
photograph was taken and not long after that we were off to the frozen
north-east with plenty of snow in those parts as well during the 1950's.

I am aware that ITV regional news programmes are likely to run a series of
features on the 1946/47 winter using local resources. This will be during
the next few weeks but no idea as to dates though.

All the best

Ah yes, I remember now. Thanks

--
Keith (Southend)
http://www.southendweather.net
e-mail: kreh at southendweather dot net