- Astrometeorology UK -
A Collection of Weather Events and Charts for the British Isles
This data is by no means exhaustive, but I think it gives a fair representative picture of the varied climate prevalent of these Isles, I also feel it is a healthy data/reference index for other budding Astrometeorological/Mundane researchers.
Sources include:
The Journal of Meteorology...abbr. (JM)
Climatological Observers Link - COL magazine...abbr. (COL)
Climates of the British Isles (Edited by Hulme and Barrow pub. Routledge) [Chapter 13 Weather Records and Extremes Dukes and Eden]...abbr. (CBI)
The Weather of Britain (Stirling - publishers: Giles de la Mare)...abbr. (WB)
The Weather Books series:...abbr. (WBS) or...
Essex.
Hampshire & Isle of Wight.
Sussex.
Surrey.
Berkshire.
Kent.
Norfolk & Suffolk.
Weather categories with Number of events.
Drought ...001-005
Intense Rainfall ...006-085
Thunderstorms ...086-268
Heavy Snow (Blizzards) ...269-330
Hailstorms ...331-393
Gales ...394-430
Tornadoes ...431-489
Fog ...490-495
Miscellaneous ...496-503
HEAVY SNOW (BLIZZARDS)
269) 1806 12th November: A heavy snowfall in Brighton. (Sussex)
270) 1836 29th October: An extraordinary early snowfall. Cobham. (Surrey)
271) 1854 4th January: "A prodigious snowfall" (Essex)
272) 1881 18th January: "blizzard of the century" (WBS)
Chart 024 ***Sunrise chart***
273) 1882 4th-8th December: "The Border Blizzard". (WB)
274) 1885 22nd March: A spring snowstorm. (Hampshire)
275) 1886 28th December: Heavy snow in Norfolk, damage to telephone wires. (Norfolk)
276) 1886 20th January: A violent snowstorm (night) (Hampshire)
277) 1891 9th March: Fierce snowstorm (Essex and Hampshire)
278) 1892 21st October: Norfolk, heavy fall of snow. (Norfolk)
279) 1898 21st February: Snowstorm nine inches. Bournemouth area. (Hampshire)
280) 1900 13th - 14th February: A blizzard drifts to a great depth. (Hampshire)
281) 1904 1st March: Six inches of snow at Dover. (Kent)
282) 1908 24th April: A foot of snow northern part of Essex. (Essex)
283) 1908 25th April: Snow began to fall at 4 am. and continued for 18 hours. (Hampshire)
284) 1908 29th December: Deep powdery snow buried Hampshire. (Hampshire)
285) 1909 3rd March: 10 inches of snow at Epsom. (Surrey)
286) 1918 17th Jauary: Reading, half foot of snow fell in five hours. (Berks)
287) 1919 27th April: One of the latest snowstorms on record. Danbury eight inches.(Essex)
288) 1927 25th - 26th December: Snowstorm Christmas night. Southern England. (WBS)
Chart 025***Sunrise chart***
289) 1931 9th March: Heavy snowfall.(Essex)
290) 1933 23rd - 26th February: Harrogate, 75 cm (30 in) fell in three days. (WB)
291) 1937 6th March: Blizzard. (Hampshire)
292) 1940 16th January: Heavy snowstorm continued for two days.(Essex)
293) 1940 26th January: Yorkshire, Derbyshire and Cheshire received 30 and 60 cm of snow. (WB)
294) 1943 8th May: Thick snow to Scotland and northern England. (WB)
295) 1944 26th - 27th February: Mansfield, Belper and Nottinghan, 30 cm of snow. (WB)
296) 1948 20th - 22nd February: Snowstorms gave nine inches of snow. (Essex)
297) 1950 25th April: 15 inches fell. At Shanklin heaviest fall since 1908. (Hampshire)
298) 1952 29th March: Fierce snowstorm. (Essex)
299) 1955 19th February: Wellingham, 19 inches depth. (Norfolk)
300) 1963 26th December: Heavy snow, afternoon. (Essex)
301) 1963 29th December: Blizzard raged in southern counties. (WBS)
Chart 026***Sunrise chart***
302) 1969 7th February: Blizzard, evening. (Essex)
303) 1970 25th December: Chislehurst and Bromley 8'' of snow. (Kent)
304) 1970 12th February and 4th March: Snowstorms. (Essex - Kent)
305) 1977 14th January: Norwich, snowstorm. (Norfolk)
306) 1978 27th - 29th January: "The Highland Blizzard". (WB)
307) 1978 18th February: Blizzard in Devon and Somerset. (WB)
Chart 027***Sunrise chart***
308) 1983 9th - 10th February Dover: 14 inches of snow. (Kent)
309) 1987 18th - 19th March: Unexpected snowfall. Southhampton and IOW (Hampshire)
310) 1996 5th February: Heaviest snowfall in W. Cumbria since at least 1947. (COL)
Disruptive snowstorms and blizzards (CBI)
Date..........................Area worst affected....................Maximum level snow depths
311) 18 - 20 Jan. 1881... Devon, Dorset, Hants, IOW... 120 cm
312) 04 - 08 Dec. 1882... N. England, S. Cornwall ... 80 - 100 cm
313) 09 - 13 Mar. 1891... Devon, Cornwall, S. Wales... 125 - 150 cm
314) 29 Mar. 1901... N. England, N. Wales ... 100 cm
315) 01 - 10 Mar. 1909... SE England ... 50 - 70 cm
316) 11 - 13 Jan. 1913... N. England, S. Scotland ... 70 cm
317) 01 Apr. 1917... Ireland ... 100 - 120 cm
318) 23 - 26 Feb. 1933... Much of England, Wales ... 70 - 80 cm
319) 27 - 30 Jan. 1940... Much of England, Wales ... 60 - 100 cm
320) 18 - 20 Feb. 1941... NE England, SE Scotland ... 100 - 120 cm
321) 14 - 18 Jan. 1955... N and NE Scotland ... 90 - 95 cm
322) 26 - 29 Dec. 1962... S. England ... 50 - 75 cm
323) 08 - 09 Feb. 1963... Wales, SW England ... 150 - 160 cm
324) 16 - 20 Feb. 1978... Devon, Somerset, Dorset ... 85 cm
325) 08 - 11 Dec. 1981... England and Wales ... 60 - 80 cm
326) 08 - 10 Jan . 1982... S. England and S. Wales ... 60 - 80 cm
327) 12 - 14 Jan. 1987... S. and E. England ... 50 - 60 cm
328) 07 - 09 Dec. 1990... Midlands ... 40 cm
329) 24 - 28 Dec. 1995... Highlands ... 36 cm
330) 05 - 06 Feb. 1996... Wales, W. England, SW Scotland ... 50 cm