According to https://www.netweather.tv/weather-forecasts/uk/winter/winter-history the last two decades have been unpredictable during winter.

• 2000/1 Late December 4” snow in Glasgow and 8” in Belfast.  January & February 12 to 24” of snow around the country.
• 2001/2 Virtually no snow at all.
• 2002/3 No snow in December. Some snow across the country in January and February. -15C with wind-chill in February.
• 2003/4 Snow in October and late December. Countrywide blizzard in late January. 10” snow in SW England and Wales in mid-March.
• 2004/5 Midlands snow mid-November. White Christmas in north and west. Well below average snow February & March.
• 2005/6 Snow in SW England 25^th November and in Midlands and northwest on 28^th November. Heavy snow on 12^th March in the west. Further snow in April.
• 2006/8 Virtually devoid of snow both winters.
• 2008/9 Coldest winter since 1995/6.
• 2009/10 Temperatures 2 to 3C below average. Coldest winter since 1978.
• 2010/11 Temperature 5C below normal for 100 years. Snow through December and Christmas countrywide.
• 2011/12 Some snow late October. Snow in north mid-December. Heavy snow across country in March. Localised snowfall in May.
• 2012/13 Long snowy winter starting in late October. Generally colder than average well into June.
• 2013/14 Wet with flooding. No snow except in Scottish Highlands.
• 2014/15 Little snow. Midlands and northern England wet snow on Christmas day.
• 2015/16 Mild and wet. Brief snowfalls in southeast in November and December. Snow also January through to April.
• 2016/17 Mild with relatively light snow in January.
• 2017/18 Cold and snowy December over most of the country. West country has 8-12” of snow in February.
• 2018/19 Mild and relatively snow free.
• 2019/20 Another mild winter. Some snowfalls on high ground November through to January in various parts of the country.
• 2020/21 Cold and snowy all winter. Minimum temperature -23C at Braemar 11 February. Lowest in UK since 1995.
• 2021/22 A mild winter again.
• 2022/23 Cold snap at -10C mid-December. Satellite images of northern hemisphere show highest snow cover for decades. Looks like being a cold one.

Is this Global Warming or Climate Change? 

Unfortunately, the UK Meteorological Office doesn’t comprehend the difference between climate and weather. Even though as island nations our weather has high variability, which is why we are always talking about it, there is no trend towards warming and even some really deep snowfalls and low temperature events that haven’t been witnessed for 100 years. This is just typical UK weather.

Antony Nailer

UK Independence Party - Spokesman for the Environment.