It's time to update my list of snowy days, specifically days this century when it's snowed in London.
You can do this thing when you're the sort of person who keeps a daily diary, and who adds a special symbol every time it snows. This is therefore a wholly unscientific list, unverified by meteorological professionals, and sometimes dependent on whether I happened to be looking out of the window or not at the crucial moment. Indeed the whole thing's woefully subjective, sorry, but it's better than nothing, OK?
It snowed on every date listed in the tables below. Most snow events were just a few flakes or a light sprinkling. If it snowed enough to properly settle, the date's in bold. If it snowed a lot, and settled a lot, the date's underlined.
Snowy days in London(2001-2017)
Year
Winter/Spring
Autumn/Winter
2001
Jan 18, Mar 2
2002
2003
Jan 8 30
2004
Jan 28
2005
Feb 21 22, Mar 4
Dec 27
2006
Feb 23
2007
Mar 19
2008
Mar 22 23
Nov 23
2009
Jan 5, Feb 1 2, Apr 6
Dec 16 17 18 21
2010
Jan 5 6 8 9 12 13, Feb 8 10
Nov 30, Dec 1 2 3 6 16 17 18 20
2011
Dec 16
2012
Jan 31, Feb 4 9
2013
Jan 14 18 19 20 21 23, Feb 11 22 23 24, Mar 11 13 23 24 30, Apr 4
2014
2015
Jan 31, Feb 3, Mar 3
Nov 21
2016
Jan 17
2017
Jan 12 13, Feb 10 11
Nov 30, Dec 10 11 27
Some thoughts...
* 2017 is one of only four years with as many as six snowy days.
* Yesterday was one of London's very few snowman-making days this century.
* My word, the winter of 2013 stands out (but then it didn't snow again for almost two years).
* January is the snowiest month, followed by December and February, then March.
* It snows a lot more at the start of the year than the end of the year.
* There have only been two snow-free years this century - 2002 and 2014.
* If it snows, it only settles about one-third of the time.
* If you live outside London, yes I know, "bold/underlined" is nothing compared to what you get.
* Whatever global warming may be up to, it does still sometimes snow in London.
* For a rather more precise set of data, check out the nw3weatherwebsite.
