Winter Chills : The Great Winters of 1947 and 1963 in the UK

This is archived content that used to be on the Met Office website, but isn’t anymore so I decided to resurrect it for posterity, adding my own comments and adaptions. It’s a page to refer to when people talk about the harsh winters of 1946-47 and 1962-63, the two UK winters that are used as benchmarks for how bad winter …

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A Summary of Winter 1962-63

The Winter of 1962-63 was one of the coldest ever recorded in the United Kingdom. Here is a summary of the winter as it occurred. How long did the winter of 1963 last? Here’s an excellent video of how it all unfolded, by Scott Richards. December 1962. Cold (1.8C CET), and generally quite sunny, although smog early in the month …

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