Newspaper clippings taken from the Guardian and Observer of this famous winter 

DECEMBER 1962 

3rd https://i.imgur.com/U1DNiap.jpeg

4th https://i.imgur.com/HoaLnPJ.jpeg

Smog

5th https://i.imgur.com/NrKa373.jpeg  https://i.imgur.com/mFOKA2R.jpeg

6th https://i.imgur.com/gdMps9x.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/tN6hLgc.jpeg

7th https://i.imgur.com/bq7kp8m.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/pzHyk7j.jpeg

8th https://i.imgur.com/gIyzY5m.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/TKLCeF8.jpeg 

Smog phase ends

10th https://i.imgur.com/8tyyEw3.jpeg

11th https://i.imgur.com/1DCqT14.jpeg

12th https://i.imgur.com/IZdFwQj.jpeg 

First snowfalls of the meteorological winter

13th https://i.imgur.com/LWnRR9F.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/TX9fBRV.jpeg

14th https://i.imgur.com/CT4I0Xk.jpeg

15th https://i.imgur.com/fAHdDj9.jpeg 

Gales causes death

17th https://i.imgur.com/MnZFmBR.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/aF59stY.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/U0NfCzp.jpeg

18th https://i.imgur.com/FnqZ49k.jpeg 

19th https://i.imgur.com/njE2a2F.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/CQDnEHa.jpeg

20th https://i.imgur.com/CQDnEHa.jpeg

21st https://i.imgur.com/O8B19Hd.jpeg

22nd https://i.imgur.com/QWycbuY.jpeg

Foggy, frosty Christmas?

23rd https://i.imgur.com/NLAiGPl.jpeg 

24th https://i.imgur.com/HInZCAB.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/NbVwdZA.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/ZMAKcql.jpeg

27th https://i.imgur.com/Z60RJ6r.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/Qgm0lCI.jpeg  https://i.imgur.com/Bay1Xe1.jpeg  https://i.imgur.com/CwjwOl9.jpeg

Snow chaos and no thaw

28th https://i.imgur.com/Nn5hG0L.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/kMtbLUV.jpeg 

Fog adds to the chaos

29th https://i.imgur.com/6LwaqNL.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/x9OUg8Q.jpeg 

30th https://i.imgur.com/haYX9sp.jpeg

Deaths in the snow

31st https://i.imgur.com/T8fWoOS.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/mRZZdiG.jpeg

JANUARY 1963

Gales causes death

1st  https://i.imgur.com/6yViLQf.jpeg  https://i.imgur.com/MAGs2Dt.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/c4oWVzy.jpeg

Worst snow event in south since 1881 snowstorm

2nd https://i.imgur.com/yLJ5DB8.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/ZILGGqp.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/6qHMuvS.jpeg 

More snow

3rd https://i.imgur.com/6ryCdIs.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/YvBFeoC.jpeg

Snow further north

4th https://i.imgur.com/9BvvEFW.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/X8uqufQ.jpeg 

H.H Lamb warns more hard winters could be on the way...

https://i.imgur.com/y6MgLRY.jpeg  https://i.imgur.com/1GfJ8Ec.jpeg

Slow thaw 

5th https://i.imgur.com/nT62m75.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/Eyz0WWN.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/YqdOqmk.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/eGqEmdX.jpeg

Flood threat?

6th https://i.imgur.com/8vR6eLx.jpeg

7th https://i.imgur.com/HMLUSQR.jpeg

8th https://i.imgur.com/CRG9woS.jpeg 

Skating on Blackpool football ground

9th https://i.imgur.com/3qmMIqL.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/YgYueFo.jpeg  https://i.imgur.com/93MPxmM.jpeg

10th https://i.imgur.com/1m7NjRE.jpeg

11th https://i.imgur.com/rP4jJNq.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/yQxjLqE.jpeg 

12th https://i.imgur.com/1dE4YNq.jpeg  football disrupted https://i.imgur.com/sPNbtAG.jpeg  https://i.imgur.com/oTXryAC.jpeg

Colder still

13th https://i.imgur.com/hof7gpE.jpeg 

14th https://i.imgur.com/BQMe7ok.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/zAF1Or8.jpeg 

Another slight thaw

15th https://i.imgur.com/sp4x7kf.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/Haf4Unl.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/Tw6mwGU.jpeg 

16th https://i.imgur.com/KN7wOhk.jpeg

Ice problems

17th https://i.imgur.com/EhaDJZa.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/oWWzbDS.jpeg

18th https://i.imgur.com/nVAFvKN.jpeg

More snow

19th https://i.imgur.com/3nvqUVj.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/A8OTwJU.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/EaKAjHU.jpeg

Gales, snow, ice floes

20th https://i.imgur.com/6vkiww8.jpeg 

21st https://i.imgur.com/gJyIqud.jpeg  https://i.imgur.com/gUNIYIc.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/n5Y5crJ.jpeg 

https://i.imgur.com/GoDigGB.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/S5Wsk2X.jpeg 

22nd https://i.imgur.com/Pu6PtSf.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/oXNfPqI.jpeg 

Temperature chart of the last 5 weeks 

https://i.imgur.com/s6yUBlQ.jpeg

West German meteorologists warn the cold could last into February 

23rd https://i.imgur.com/j1OhcHx.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/BZpTPyM.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/GVXf7Ak.jpeg 

https://i.imgur.com/RbjLcMo.jpeg 

24th https://i.imgur.com/2m4iN4j.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/7L1Gii3.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/zKwXhTD.jpeg

25th https://i.imgur.com/WLgSK3D.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/OXOruyk.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/XF6cxzT.jpeg 

26th https://i.imgur.com/bzFb7oQ.jpeg

Thaw 

28th https://i.imgur.com/cugzOWL.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/LEujeb6.jpeg 

29th https://i.imgur.com/JRZpnFk.jpeg

30th https://i.imgur.com/hT5SSJN.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/n7obdBh.jpeg

Snow returns

31st https://i.imgur.com/5tCQ0Wu.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/iD5V6ce.jpeg 

FEBRUARY 1963

How cold January was

1st https://i.imgur.com/OTX8MWf.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/eN2sQNf.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/8oN9ffT.jpeg 

2nd https://i.imgur.com/dVtqopF.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/Anv8mdm.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/jDrBoCx.jpeg

More snow 

3rd https://i.imgur.com/hsRd0Rj.jpeg 

4th https://i.imgur.com/1DpCVhP.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/C1pxsQZ.jpeg

Blizzards in the west 

6th https://i.imgur.com/3MMnk60.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/zDhfOM0.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/2bv2UJy.jpeg 

Temperature graph for the last 7 weeks

https://i.imgur.com/UkL2l9B.jpeg

Thaw

7th https://i.imgur.com/N25N1fw.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/W3PIxA4.jpeg

Floods in SW

8th https://i.imgur.com/cKDzd4I.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/qtH070E.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/3snMY0c.jpeg 

North remains frozen

9th https://i.imgur.com/Jyd0n8Q.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/lOxLjtf.jpeg 

Cold back 

11th https://i.imgur.com/pmHXxFu.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/xgfXaYK.jpeg 

12th https://i.imgur.com/z7CiTVA.jpeg 

13th https://i.imgur.com/0qNbK3j.jpeg 

Thaw again

14th https://i.imgur.com/fw58zX7.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/BSKL6Uf.jpeg

Floods in SW and snow in north 

15th https://i.imgur.com/acEyBZA.jpeg

The toll, the winter has taken on bird populations

16th https://i.imgur.com/VAQ0tZu.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/VGVuSWw.jpeg

https://i.imgur.com/MRpMbAa.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/pEWneW4.jpeg

17th https://i.imgur.com/tDK2zV4.jpeg

18th https://i.imgur.com/6IRGjyD.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/0jUuoKC.jpeg

19th https://i.imgur.com/HuDIur5.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/6rnTdNZ.jpeg

20th https://i.imgur.com/Pkmj4h0.jpeg

21st  https://i.imgur.com/md7KW0C.jpeg

Wind direction for the last 9 weeks

https://i.imgur.com/Za5tzEm.jpeg

22nd https://i.imgur.com/kT9uRCA.jpeg

23rd https://i.imgur.com/80tdvuT.jpeg 

25th https://i.imgur.com/0hMZX1s.jpeg

26th https://i.imgur.com/BeoQ9Zr.jpeg

27th https://i.imgur.com/7EILEpq.jpeg

Analysis of winter

28th https://i.imgur.com/O5849NL.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/3fNP4Dj.jpeg

Temperature graph for last 10 weeks

https://i.imgur.com/Jv5gPk1.jpeg 

https://i.imgur.com/ILgQToq.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/DGDgnnb.jpeg 

1st March

https://i.imgur.com/EhSJ3qd.jpeg

Kev, what was the year in the (I think) 1950's that saw NW England (at least) get an amazingly heavy snowfall? I'm sure it was you who reported it - something like 12" of level snow in Southport, drifts of 8' in Bolton, etc

Thanks very much Kevin for this - I'll move this to the classic section in a few days. Although I put one myself there you're collection of all these newspaper cuttings which you've scanned in is well worth moving to the classic section.

Thanks again.

I've moved your 1947 one over to the classic section Kevin. I lost your name in transit so I've quoted you at the head of the  article.

All the links still work.

More ideal teatime reading, might explain why I've been getting through a lot of cuppas lately. 

Kev, what was the year in the (I think) 1950's that saw NW England (at least) get an amazingly heavy snowfall? I'm sure it was you who reported it - something like 12" of level snow in Southport, drifts of 8' in Bolton, etc

December 1950 was very snowy for NW England 

Manchester: 15cm of snow fell on the 4th December, another 18cm on the 14th and a further 15cm on the 30th. There were thaws between the falls. 

 

December 1950 was very snowy for NW England 

Manchester: 15cm of snow fell on the 4th December, another 18cm on the 14th and a further 15cm on the 30th. There were thaws between the falls. 

https://www.wetterzentrale.de/maps/archive/1950/era/ERA_1_1950120412_1.png

Can see why ! Classic cold cyclonic westerly . 

Great thread , thanks Kev