White Christmas 1962

Christmas Day 1962 was a white Christmas across Scotland largely and this spread to northern England later in the day. A frontal system moved into Scotland during christmas day and this brought rain to places but with snow over higher ground. The rain increasingly turned to snow over lower ground as it pushed through Scotland and there was a covering. The snow had set in across northern England by the end of the day. Further south it was bitterly cold with sub zero maxima, it wasn't until Boxing Day that the snow arrived here, the real start of one of the coldest winters on record.

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