As per the records, the Cairngorms National Park holds the distinction of being the nation's snowiest location. If we go by the reports of the Met Office, while Aviemore sees 66 days of snow annually, the Cairngorm chairlift weather station records 76.
❄️ Sheffield is the snowiest city in the UK, a new study has found. On average, the city gets 11 days of snow a year, two more than its closest rivals, Birmingham and Newcastle, which each get nine.
11-12 July 1888, snow was reported to have fallen over the Isle of Wight, Kent, East Midlands, East Yorkshire, Isle of Man, and the south Midlands. The snow may have been mistaken for soft hail in parts of southern England. 16 June 1889, snow occurred across the high ground of N England and Scotland.
Sheffield is never too far away from snow. It always has a good chance of getting some snow as it has many areas high above sea level,where the air will be colder and thinner.
The Cairngorms National Park is the snowiest location in the UK and is also the country's leading destination for snow sports. According to the Met Office, Aviemore enjoys 66 days of snow a year, while the weather station at the Cairngorm chairlift has 76.
Statistically, the snowiest place in the UK is the Cairngorms in Scotland, with 76.2 days of snow or sleet falling on average. Cornwall is the least likely to get snow, with an average of only 7.4 days of snow or sleet falling a year.
The winter of 1963 - the coldest for more than 200 years
Bringing blizzards, snow drifts, blocks of ice, and temperatures lower than -20 °C, it was colder than the winter of 1947, and the coldest since 1740. It began abruptly just before Christmas in 1962.
Between January 1947 and March 1947, snow fell somewhere in the UK for 55 straight days. The snow was the main issue, but temperatures hit -21C across the UK. Once the snow started to melt, the water poured into rivers. Many of these burst their banks and flooded nearby areas.
The last widespread white Christmas in the UK was in 2010. It was extremely unusual, as not only was there snow on the ground at 83% of stations (the highest amount ever recorded) but snow or sleet also fell at 19% of stations.
Broomhill is a suburb of western Sheffield, England. Mostly created in the nineteenth century. The area is just west of the main building of the University of Sheffield, it is known for its large student population, and was identified in 2003 as the richest area apart from London for overall wealth.
You might have heard Sheffield being called the Steel City, due to its international reputation for steel production in the 19th century. Crucible is another innovation developed in Sheffield, which is where the Crucible Theatre gets its name from.
Although it is known as the Steel City, it is actually one of the greenest cities in the entirety of Europe. The city is brimming with culture, history and art. This includes the Sheffield Walk of Fame honouring famous Sheffield residents in a similar way of the Walk of Fame in Hollywood.
In England, Newcastle (2/1) is most likely coated with snow on Christmas morning, followed by Leeds (5/2) and Manchester (3/1), while seeing Christmas Day snow in London is a 7/1 chance. Before then though, Britons can expect more wet and windy weather in the week before the big day.
Snowfall is not uncommon in some Southern African countries. Johannesburg, a major city in Gauteng province situated in Southeastern Africa, has experienced intermittent snowfall over the years. Meanwhile, the Drakensberg Mountain range in South Africa receives enough snow for skiing during winter.
The most significant June snowfall in recent memory was on 2 June 1975, when snow fell in many parts of the country. The Essex and Kent cricket match in Colchester was interrupted, while the match between Derbyshire and Lancashire at Buxton was called off after 2.5cm (1in) of snow settled on the outfield.
Snow in June is incredibly rare in the Midlands. But ten years later Mother Nature defied the odds again. On June 7, 1985, a sleet shower fell on Birmingham Airport. There were a few flurries in June 2009 as well – but nothing like the scenes 40 years back.
The deepest snow ever recorded in a UK area where people live, was in Ruthin in North Wales where a snow depth of 1.65 metres was recorded. That's almost as tall as height of the average person!
We last saw snow in May all the way back in… 2011, just last year, and we also saw more snow in 2010. If we look back through the records dating back to 1910, the snowiest May on record was most likely in 1979 when 342 weather observation sites reported snow on 2 May.
The Thames has completely frozen over in the past, the last time being in January 1963 - the coldest winter for more than 200 years that brought blizzards, snow drifts and temperatures of -20C.
The deepest snow ever recorded in an inhabited area of the UK was near Ruthin in North Wales during the severe winter of 1946-47. A series of cold spells brought large drifts of snow across the UK, causing transport problems and fuel shortages. During March 1947 a snow depth of 1.65 metres was recorded.
Snowfall in the UK is most frequent and substantial in the northern regions such as Scotland, the Pennines in Northern England, and the high grounds of Wales. However, snow can occur anywhere in the UK, although the South West of England and coastal areas tend to see the least.
