The Big Freeze of 1963: UK's coldest winter in more than 200 years

The winter of 1963 was the coldest winter for more than 200 years in the UK. The very cold, snowy weather started just before Christmas 1962 and continued until early March 1963.

A persistent feed of Arctic air and snow cover meant that it got progressively colder and colder. Tredegar in South Wales recorded snow 165cm (over 5 feet) deep on 7-8th February 1963. Weatherman Liam Dutton has more in this short video explainer.

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"Old farm at Overtown in deep snow image" Richard Johnson (Creative Commons Attribution Share-alike license 2.0) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_...

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