A White Easter for many in the UK
It was a white start to Easter for many people across the UK this Sunday with snow and bitterly cold conditions gripping much of the country. A low pressure system from Scandinavia brought wintry showers which spread southwards from Scotland through the early hours of this morning. By 5am snow was falling across parts of north-east England, Yorkshire and Manchester, with the band later travelling down through the Midlands and East Anglia.
The average number of days of snow fall and cover varies greatly from year to year. Over the last 50 years it has ranged from none at all in a number of winters to in excess of thirty days during the winters of 1946 and 1963.
Easter has fallen early this year, the earliest since 1812, and the UK’s weather over the weekend could be a contender to break the record for the snowiest Easter. This took place between the 1st and 3rd of April during Easter 1983. Scotland, the Midlands and Kent received around 10cm (3.9 inches).
