March 1845, joint 5th coldest March on record for CET with a value of 2.0°C

The 13th-17th period was exceptionally cold for the time of the year with a CET of -3.4C, the 13th had a CET mean of -6.5°C

Belfast

Evening of 13th March

5pm: 26°F  6pm: 20°F  7.30pm: 15°F  9pm:  10°F  10pm: 14°F 

Bermondsey Square, London  max, min (°F)   

13. 28.5, 24.5

14. 35, 17

15. 33.5, 19

16. 30.5, 26


Birmingham

10.  45, 32

11.  38, 30.5

12.  37, 26

13.  26.5, 19

14.  36.5, 13

15.  35.5, 22

16.  30, 23

17.  36, 19.5

18.  39. 23.5




Blackburn noon day temperatures (°F)

13.  31.0
14.  36.0
15. 28.75

Bristol

Max, Min (°F)

10.  46, 34

11.  41, 28

12.  37, 26

13.  29, 14

14.  34, 20

15.  35, 25

16.  29, 20

17.  37, 24

18.  41, 29

A thermometer at Chester recorded a minimum of 16°F between 6 and 7am on the 14th March.  Ice was observed on the river Dee

A report from Ipswich, 13th March

Max: 25.5°F    2pm: 21°F  4pm: 19°F  6pm: 15°F  8pm: 12°F  10pm: 10.5°F  min: 5°F


Manchester  (max, min °F)

13. 33, 17  

14. 33, 21

15. 33, 23

16. 31, 21




An article from the Sunday Dispatch of 16th March 1845 on the severity of the cold

http://i.imgur.com/EYEvKG1.jpeg 



St Peter's Church, Sudbury icicles

http://i.imgur.com/pZ2eE6v.jpg 

Thanks for this. I love these historical articles. This is something that Kevin Bradshaw used to do lots of. 

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He's me....lol

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Anyone with as many stats as you can . Worth putting in the classics thread. They can be used for research there.   🙂 

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Good to see you're back, having never been away 🙂

Clearly an extraordinarily cold weather event. It will be utterly amazing if anyone alive now ever sees anything like it.

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I'll stick this for now and then move it to the classics section next week.   🙂 

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What a fascinating thread. That spell ranks alongside the Hot Wednesday event imo (July 1808) although the July 2022 event took that out of the mythological!

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