As a 9 year old back in '81 who loved seeing snow that was one hell of a month for snowfall here in North somerset, multiple snowfalls during the month ending with over a foot of level snow here at sea level, one can only imagine the depths up on the mendips/Dartmoor etc!

@paulfrost8895

Жыл бұрын

I recall the one of January 79 too ' I 'm not sure which winter holds the record ' I would say they were 50/50 ' but that's my personal experience ' depending what region you were ' a few years later I moved to the USA (Massachussets) where we already owned a holiday home in upstate ny ' where I recall a few similar winter events during the middle to late 80s ' a popular winter event memory of everyone there at the time was the blizzard of 1978 which had affected much of the north east region of America ' have seen some stunning pics of that one.

I remember helping to dig out the high street in Tredegar Wales, the snow drifts were amazing, the food and cake shops got cleared first 😄

@danw1374

2 жыл бұрын

I was 7 at the time, we played swordfights with the huge icicles that had formed on the window ledges...lol

During one week of night shift that winter, I was working in Pitlochry, Perthshire. On all 7 nights we checked the thermometer in the Roads Department Yard at Blair Atholl and it was never warmer than -20c. The same night Braemar recorded -27.2 , while in Blair Atholl it was showing -27c. Winters are so much less intense and dare I say it, boring now!

Was only 10 at the time, remember playing in the street & being DEEP in snow just before my niece was born on 15th Jan ‘82!

I was 20 in 1981 and remember this well, I was brought up in Bristol and the floods and snow were incredible, we lived in a cul-de-sac running east to west and our cars at the western end were buried by massive snow drifts. It was incredible and nice to hear the details again.

I am old enough to remember this year. We delivered milk for the milkman on our sledges as he couldn’t get his milk float up the hill. The snow was up to my waist in places.

I remember it like it was yestereday! Such cold temps and such a lot of snow..sea freezing in Aberystwyth!

Interesting video. I was living in the UK, being in the U.S. Air Force, stationed at RAF Croughton, from June 1981 - June 1983, and remember, very well, the snow of December 1981, and especially the huge snow of January 8 & 9, of 1982. People with whom I still maintain contact, and who were there at the same time, still talk about it (we were talking about it, today, in fact). My memory from that big snow includes walking to work and going through snow drifts that were all the way up to my waist. Many people were unable to come in to work, due to the road conditions. It was probably several days before people were able to move about on the roads, which was due to some serious work with snowplows to clear them. I also remember being on the roads, once they were cleared, and the snow was so high on both sides of the road it was like driving through a tunnel. Thank you for putting this together.

@ScottRichards10

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you. You're welcome. :)

Sunlight partially blocked by sulfur dioxide from the Mt St Helens eruption. 80s winters were epic!! 2 weeks off school due to burst pipes. Awesome.

I remember 1981,2 very well.I was a milk boy in Inverness, minus 18 every night for wat felt like ages..the snow cleared up before Xmas and on hogmany night the snow started again and stayed till end of Jan. The next winter had snow aswell ..since then winter's started getting milder..I thought it was just me lol....2010 was a reminder of what winters were like ,don't know if its my age but there was always snow at least once every winter when I was young in the 70s. .seems winters have got milder to me since 80s. .

@haroldinho9930

4 жыл бұрын

kevin shaw No snow for 2019/2020

pretty sure I remember this winter, I was 6 in 1981 and I do recall alot of snow, we were living up north in Harrogate and it always seems to get alot of snow there.

I was 10 then i remember this. we in the midlands still had huge snow piles left in march

I remember this. I was 3. Living in Gloucestershire and we had -18f and 6 foot snow drifts. Our village was cut off for a week

I remember it too ' was 14 living in London ' my school sent us home early during the run up week to Christmas at the end of term ' remember the snow ploughs on the roads which was rather unusual living in Inner London region ' often get this Winter mixed up with the one of 78/79 ' being quite close together ' both two severe Winter events ' seemed to be more common back in the 1970s and early 80s than now ' think I built a snowman in the garden ' which lasted for over 2 weeks.

I remember the January 82 snowfall here in ireland. Here in the east of Ireland 26 cm of snow fell with over 2ft snow drifts due to the easterly gales. The army were sent in to help stranded people.

@FOC-xu2kw

4 жыл бұрын

I was in first year and we had no school for ages. We spent hours sliding down a hill near us on large plastic sacks. I remember ice forming on the inside of the windows. We lived in Kilkenny at the time so it was even colder.

Scott Richards, I remember this cold spell well. It snowed heavily in Derbyshire on Sunday December 6th, 1981. I started a new job on the 7th and remember having to get there in tricky conditions. We didn't get any more snow in our area after the 6th and 7th, but weeks of freezing temperatures followed.

I think the most exciting thing about this winter was a foot of snow appeared without warning in the early part of dec 1981, 4 days later we had the heaviest snow I have even seen, it snowed for over 5 hours, by which time I think there was nearly 2 feet of level snow lying, this was in London, it snowed on Christmas eve but not on Christmas day so I didn't count as a white Christmas despie a foot of snow on the ground.the snow then went away before coming back with avengence, in jan 1982, I remember it snowed for nearly 3 days solid deep snow and very very cold, WOW what a wonderful.memory.

I remember that winter very well.January 82 brought irelands heaviest Snow fall for years.We had snow in december also.Actaually the winters in the early and mid 80s were bitterly Cold and quiet wintery

@paulfrost8895

Жыл бұрын

I remember the winters of the late 70s and early 80s were mainly colder than today ' this was I think the last UK big freeze which I recall until the more recent one of 2010 ' this proves climate change is real.

@paulfrost8895

Жыл бұрын

78/79 and 81/82 were the 2 i recall most.

@mickdunne981

10 ай бұрын

​@@paulfrost8895exactly

On the 14th of January I recorded -17c at Castle Donington. East Midlands Airport.

Very well done! I remember it very well.

Brilliant channel, thanks for your videos, Scott.

@ScottRichards10

6 жыл бұрын

No worries mate, thank you. :)

Me and my mate had one of the best cod fishing winters off the Norfolk beaches over this winter. The days of catching cod off the beaches now are a sad reflection of the sport we had through the 70s and 80s mainly because of rising early winter sea temperatures along with the fact that we in Norfolk just don't get the big northerly winds that were a very regular thing. People who say there is no global warming should have lived a life on a coast and watched and relied these weather events over 50 years the sand nearly vanished off the Norfolk beaches on the winter of 85/86 and really from that date nothing has ever been the same again

Irish here and we are looking at a 1982 like event for the coming days. Im 31 and all of my family on both sides of the family live in an area 300m ASL. The stories they tell me from that event are like some thing from a sci-fi movie

Just moved end of November 81 to a house on a hill ! Purrrrfect 😁🏂⛷⛸🌨❄

This brought back memories for my Mum, she was only 16 at the time. She remembers this cold spell of 1981/1982.

Denmark had Its coldest temperature ever recorded in the 8. January, 1982 where they measured -31,2 degrees

@Highland_lad

5 жыл бұрын

That's real cold .,my house was using paraffin heaters to keep the cold out that winter lol..crazy..

What are your 4 most favourite timelapses you've ever made?

There was also an exceptionally late snow event in April 1981

@paulfrost8895

Жыл бұрын

Recall a few April's where that occured.

@cazz3130

Жыл бұрын

@@paulfrost8895 April 1908, April 1989, April 1999 and April 1911

Great days heavy snow nowadays lucky to see a cm,some parts of the south nothing for years

Inside of my bedroom window froze on a Sunday night.Probably the 13th Dec`from your report. Gale force wind made snow drifts which blocked the roads,no work for me on Monday. Never seen snow like that since in Cambridgeshire.

Nothing like 1962 ,63

My mates and I were out that night 10th Jan 1982 in the Midlands it was -24c. Nippy. What was it like in that purple area to the east, Finland or Russia?? 😮

What were the peak daytime temperatures? Still sub-zero, maybe - 10' C?

I was in Northern Ireland that Winter and it snowed for the first time in over 20 years.

i remember moving house and living in essex and a day before xmas eve the snow was knee deep and still snowing but turned to slush on xmas day.up there with 85-87-91-09-10

80s were the last GOOD years.

Remember it well.

I was 15, just about to turn 16....happy days.

The 1981/82 winter had its extreme cold but the South (in Dorset) escaped the worst of this snowy conditions. with the heaviest coming from that 13th Dec blizzard. However that snow even though it was a foot deep had all melted by dawn the following the morning. There was a bit of snow on 8th and 19th Dec but that was it. In Jan 1982, there was some heavy snow on 7th-9th Jan but totals did not come to more than 6 inches deep and that had all gone by 15th Jan. We had considerably more snow on 15th/18th-20th Feb 1978, 30th Dec 1978, 26th Apr 1981, 8th/18th Jan 1985, 14th Jan 1987, 7th/8th Feb 1991, 15th Feb 1994 and 6th Feb 1996. In the 1980's as a whole, only the 1981/2, 1984/5 and 1986/7 winters produced more snow than average where these cold spells lasted only a fortnight but all the other winters were relatively mild. No mention of Feb 86, it was cold throughout that month with little snow.

I just about remember December 1981. I think it just about tops 2010 for me.

@dvidclapperton

6 жыл бұрын

+TropicalHurricane113 The severe cold of 1981/2 certainly lasted far longer than that 2010/11.

@XYZUNKNOWN

5 жыл бұрын

@@dvidclapperton2010 had a really prolonged cold snap from around 16th December 2009 - end of Jan. And again end of november to beginning of January. There was more snow in December 2010, on the 1st, there was 5ft of lying snow in parts of the east, at pretty low elevations too.

Took 10 hours to drive from kidsgrove(staffordshire) to South Wales. Following ruts from cars/lorries.....

Did my winter in the army training at Norton fitzwarren IN SOMERSET . So cold never once went in because of weather shooting at brecon beacons with SLR rifles never let us wear gloves corperal wouldnt let us minus 15 c that day .

Thanks for doing this video Scott. one thing I will say were getting colder weather now arnt we. do you agree Scott Gavin partridge thinks this winter won't be as mild as last winter he said there's more northern blocking up to now. he thinks it'll probably be a cold start to winter this year do you agree. Take care.

Did you get any snow last night? Or was it just my area.

@ScottRichards10

7 жыл бұрын

Nope, and probably won't tonight to be honest. I'm too low down.

Remember it minus 25 at night

Do 84/85 winter. feb and jan was super cold in scandinavia examble.

Nice

@ScottRichards10

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks. :)

Why are the “Lows” marked with a T instead of L ?

@ScottRichards10

3 жыл бұрын

The charts are in German. T - Tief, means low/deep.

@JohnMcMahon.

3 жыл бұрын

@@ScottRichards10 👍

1982 could be on the cards again in many parts of the UK and Ireland tonight into tomorrow a major snow event is on the way

My music teacher was speaking about this in his lesson! Him and his family missed school/work for 3 weeks because they couldn't get out of his house. His father had to dig a hole to get out to the farm animals to feed them.

How about 1962/1963, the year the Rolling Stones nearly freezed to death in Edith Grove. This 1982 winter must have been cold if it inspired the makers of the Young Ones to recreate the snow in September 1982 when they did the first episode

@mechellekingman7833

3 жыл бұрын

We haven't had a winter since 62,63