No midwinter easterlies = no powder snow, no icicles etc here.
The 88-99 period saw "the wrong kind of snow" (and over a foot of poweder here) in 91, as well as the surprise November 93 snow (6 inches), along with 95/6 and 96/7, the last midwinter easterly and the last time icicles were seen here. Let's not forget, either, that December 95 equalled the all-time UK record low.
IF you rely on easterlies to get decent snow, as I do, everything post January 1997 (with the possible exception of the slushy late Feb 2005) was utter rubbish in comparison.
Originally Posted by: Retron