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Global warming means prolonged periods of snowy weather are becoming less frequent
It’s one of those truisms of the media that the first snowflake in London triggers a near-hysterical response from news desks, who have totally ignored the fact that the rest of the country has been getting on with life in the snow for some time. It’s no different this time.
I’ve been talking to my old friend Philip Eden, a meteorologist and avid collector of arcane weather statistics. We have short memories. The current winter weather started on December 17th and if you live north of the Peak District you’ve been suffering, and living with it, for three weeks now.
The last time we had a similar spell of cold weather was the winter of 1996/97, when it lasted three and a half weeks; it was a lot colder but there wasn’t anywhere near as much snow.
Source: channel4.com