Spring Flowers, Floods In English Midwinter
LONDON. Feb. 10.
January was one of the most freakish months known in London and south-east England for generations. It came in like a lamb and went out like a lion with a two day gale, one of the fiercest within memory, causing widespread damage. It was the wettest January for 40 years. Weather experts describe it as the most extraordinary month for 50 years. Rainfall in London was 4.9 inches compared with an average of 1.7. However, the .month generally was the sunniest and warmest for many years with a total of 35 hours’ sunshine, compared with an average of 20 and an average temperture of 44.7 compared with an average of 41.2. The highest temperature was 55 degrees. There was almost no frost and London saw the strange spectacle of spring flowers blooming in mid-winter.
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Northern Advocate, 11 February 1943, Page 2
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