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, the Lecht (Grampian) and Glenshee (near Braemar). The monthly averages of days with sleet/snow falling and lying at Dyce and Balmoral are shown below (a day of lying snow is counted if the ground is more than 50% covered at 0900). Heavy snowfalls can cause transport disruption. For example, a very

Highlands, which have about 60 days with snow lying on average and with the coasts of SW England, with less than 3 days per year. In most places, January is the month with most days of both snow lying and snow falling closely followed by February. The monthly averages of days with sleet/snow falling

. The monthly averages of days with sleet/snow falling and lying at Waddington and Marham are shown below (a day of lying snow is counted if the ground is more than 50 % covered at 0900). One of the worst winters was that of 1947 when snow fell somewhere in the UK every day between 22 January and 17 March

with sleet/snow falling and lying at Leeming and Whitby are shown below (a day of lying snow is counted if the ground is more than 50 % covered at 0900). The depth of undri ed snow does not o en exceed 15 cm at low altitudes but on occasions depths of 30 to 60 cm may occur over a wide area. When depths

on average and with the coasts of SW England, with less than 3 days per year. In most places, January is the month with most days of both snow lying and snow falling. The monthly averages of days with sleet/snow falling and lying at Brize Norton and Keele are shown below (a day of lying snow

. The monthly averages of days with sleet/snow falling and lying at Heathrow and Lyneham are shown below (a day of lying snow is counted if the ground is more than 50% covered at 0900). Kent and the Thames estuary are especially prone to falls associated with unstable east or north-east winds bringing snow

of about 5 days per year with snow lying per 100 metres increase in elevation. Dartmoor and Exmoor have more than 20 days per year. Compare this with Balmoral, Grampian which has about 60 days with snow lying on average. The monthly averages of days with sleet/snow falling and lying at St. Mawgan

-time minima. Wind speed refers to the average wind speed at a height of 10 metres. All numerical values relate to averages (temperature, wind speed) or totals (precipitation – rain, sleet, snow and hail) over 1 or 3 months, which are further averaged over the UK land area as a whole. Normal likelihood

stayed mainly dry. Braemar (Aberdeenshire) only reached 5.0 °C. There were generally fewer showers on the 11th, these mostly in the north-east, with some sunny intervals. Rain spread southwards through the country on the 12th, with sleet and snow on higher ground, and wintry showers affected

. A belt of showery rain headed southwards on the 2nd, followed by colder conditions and northerly winds. These brought a mix of sunshine and showers on the 3rd, with sleet and snow in some of the showers and they became widespread and locally heavy by mid-afternoon. There were gusts to 44 knots (51