The run up to Christmas 1938 brought a spell of severe wintry weather on an easterly bringing widespread heavy snowfalls with a deep covering in a number of places. It was contrary to the first half of December 1938 which was very mild.
Christmas Day 1938 was a white Christmas across many parts of the UK, indeed apart from Christmas Day 1981, it was the deepest and most widespread Christmas snow of the 20th Century. The day itself was largely dry with just the odd snow flurry as most of the UK was under the influence of a ridge from Scandinavia.
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Just looking at reports from Europe
Mean pressure at Moscow for Dec '38 was 1036mb (+18mb above mean)
Northern Sweden: 1026mb (+16mb)
Oslo: 1021mb (+11mb)
Icelandic low: 994mb (-4mb below mean)
Siberia recorded temperatures of around -50C during the second week of December.
Lyons: -25C on the 22nd December
Milan: -10.6C on the 25th
Rivers, lakes, canals etc froze across most parts of Europe. Road, rail and air traffic were severely disrupted.
18th-25th December: -1.1
From the 20th December 1938 edition of the Times
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Times photos of the snow
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From the 21st December edition of the Times
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Some Times photos
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MANCHESTER SUMMER INDEX for 2021: 238
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