Report on the Snow Survey of Great Britain for the Season 1952–53

Abstract

As in each of the previous six years, the basic material for this report is derived from the voluntary labours of an efficient observing corps who furnish the Society month by month with daily records of snowfall and of any snow cover that may exist within their range of vision. Since the post-war resumption of the Survey in 1946-47 the number of these co-workers has increased season by season from an initial figure of about 120 to nearly 400. Their returns now come not only from a network of land stations well distributed over England, Wales and Scotland (with one in Northern Ireland) but also from a majority of the lighthouses and light-vessels serving the British and Irish coastal waters and from many merchant ships at sea. Through the courtesy of the Director of the Meteorological Office the mass of data thus made available to the Society is augmented by day-today observations of snowfall and the state of the ground at a selection of the official weather stations. Further important information has again been received from travellers, climbers, leaders of exploring parties in the Scottish Highlands, and from the road patrols of the Automobile Association and the Royal Automobile Club.To all who have joined in laying the foundations of these reports-the private observers, the Director of the Meteorological Office and his staff, the Elder Brethren of Trinity In general m eas urements of snow-depth cited in this report refer to 09 .00 hr. G.M.T., o r thereabouts.

The Historical Snow Survey of Great Britain: Digitised Data for Scotland

“…Hawke and Champion (1954) report in their final snow survey summary that the number of participants had increased from 120 to nearly 400, including land stations, lighthouses and light-vessels. Between 1946Between /1947Between and 1991Between /1992, an annual report was produced summarising the data returns for the season.…”