Will it ever Snow in Sussex again ?

[Pevenseagull]

Whatever you do, don't bet on it - we'll never see snow in Sussex again if you do.

Quality

 

[Trufflehound]

That was against Torquay-finished 2-2
I know 'cos I was there.

35 years ago this very day in fact: 29/11/69.

And yes, I did look it up.

 

[Yoda]

In my lifetime I wonder if I will ever see a proper snowfall in Sussex again. Not the 1/2 inch dusting gone by lunchtime which we only ever get, I mean a good 5 or 6 inches, ooer madam. In the mid 80's we had 3 or 4 winters in a row with a 4-6 inch fall of snow which hung around for weeks. some winters the temperature did not get above freezing for 2-3 weeks.

Now a cold day contitutes today for example 8c with some rain.

When I was a lad one day the maximum temperature in Brighton was -6c and at night it feel regularly to -10 to - 14c.

I brought a sledge in 1991 and to date it is still in the shed having never been used.

We had the usual joke forecasts a few weeks back that this was gong to be the severiest winter for 100 years .

Where is the forst, where is the snow ?. I'm still waiting.

Any Sussex snow tales from the older NSC members ?. I remember the road from Brighton to Rottingdean being closed for a few days with 8 feet drifts, do you remember that ?.

Was yesterday good enough for you?