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Brian Gaze
31 December 2025 11:31:46

The Chilterns seem to have lost their touch. Used to be able to more or less guarantee at least a minor fall every winter , and a winter without a flake was a once every 10 years thing. Now we seem to go many whole winters without.

Probably about average for England, not as good as the north but better than Southampton /south coast/southwest, Devon Cornwall etc

Originally Posted by: Spring Sun Winter Dread 

This thread is intended to be subjective, so I’m not saying you are wrong. Nonetheless, I posted a list of snow “events” in the Chilterns since 2016 which actually omitted a few, such as the November snowfalls in the two most recent autumns. Can I ask whereabouts in the Chilterns you are? (Obviously if you'd rather not say for privacy reasons that's fine 😊)

https://www.theweatheroutlook.com/twocommunity/Posts/m1673235-How-do-you-rate-your-location-for-snow 


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howham
31 December 2025 18:14:09

Ask me in a week 😂

Seriously though we tend to do well when the wind is from a northerly quarter but are more sheltered from anything from the west by the mountains. Anything from the east (off the sea) is almost always wet rather than white. Overall I would say 6 out of 10. 

Originally Posted by: doctormog 

And a bit further inland I'd up that to an 8/10.  Snow most winters and sometimes plenty of it.  

Brian Gaze
31 December 2025 18:55:06

That said, reaching the bottom of the slope … clearly Olympic standards, even back then 😂

Originally Posted by: Sasa 

I'm not going to post it, but I've found a photo of me skiing on a patch of snow on Cairngorm ~1979/80. I can even remember that the instructor my dad and I had was called John Clarke, and I think he skied competitively for Great Britain. It's odd that I can remember this like it was yesterday - probably because I was so pleased that I was getting to grips with the the basics of skiing.  


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jeffbeanpole1
31 December 2025 20:30:49
2/10. Last time I saw lying snow here was 2018 the 'Beast from the east', can only remember a flurry or two since then. I have memories of late 70s and early 80s drifts, blocked lanes and time off school. 
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Sussex snow magnet
31 December 2025 20:48:46
7/10 , when I set my account up it was based on generally getting decent snowfall in the north east area of sussex ( crowborough/ heathfield/ wadhurst etc)  over and above most areas of the south, not so much in recent years as elsewhere but generally when snow is about these areas get it to some degree and often reasonable amounts that will also stick around in good spells.
fairweather
31 December 2025 21:50:24
1950 -1990 - probably one of the best places in the South East. Frequent heavy snow showers from the nearby southern N.Sea and often blizzards even in non-special years at some point with deep drifts. Since then downhill all the way with virtually no lying snow here since 2018.
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Jim-55
31 December 2025 22:03:13

1950 -1990 - probably one of the best places in the South East. Frequent heavy snow showers from the nearby southern N.Sea and often blizzards even in non-special years at some point with deep drifts. Since then downhill all the way with virtually no lying snow here since 2018.

Originally Posted by: fairweather 

Exactly the same in this part of the south west, the 70s were particularly good for deep snow, 78 was bad. nowadays we get the odd fall but few and far between.


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Saint Snow
31 December 2025 22:15:25

7/10 , when I set my account up it was based on generally getting decent snowfall in the north east area of sussex ( crowborough/ heathfield/ wadhurst etc)  over and above most areas of the south, not so much in recent years as elsewhere but generally when snow is about these areas get it to some degree and often reasonable amounts that will also stick around in good spells.

Originally Posted by: Sussex snow magnet 

I have a memory from the 90's of cold always seeming to come from a northerly flow - with snow showers confined to North Sea coasts. Particularly the NE of East Anglia.


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31 December 2025 23:08:23

I have a memory from the 90's of cold always seeming to come from a northerly flow - with snow showers confined to North Sea coasts. Particularly the NE of East Anglia.

Originally Posted by: Saint Snow 

In those days we used to have a Scandi High with real cold from the east. Now Scandinavia seems to be under low pressure all winter, and we get the occasional flake from the northerlies which are always  just the other side of the North Sea.


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