Snow & Beast from the East 2

The first snow of winter in London was on 24 January 2021, it snowed in the morning but had mostly gone by the evening. The west side of the country had a lot more. After that, it rained on many days. January was declared the coldest for 10 years.

February started with mild weather and on the 5th it was a sunny day with blue skies.

Then Storm Darcy arrived, followed by the Beast from the East 2. In 2018 the Beast from the East hit the east side of England and London had snow. That was at the end of February. The cold air came from Siberia. This Feb, 2021, the Beast from the East 2 arrived in early Feb. This time the cold weather came from the Black Sea area. It started with Storm Darcy, named by the Dutch weather service. Strong winds and heavy snow spread from the Netherlands to the southeast side of England. 

London didn't really have much wind. Feb 6th was still mild, 7° C in London. That changed on the 7th, when it snowed off and on all day, though didn't really settle in London as the ground was so wet. It then snowed during the night and next morning and went down to - 2° in London. 

On the 8th afternoon I went for a walk to enjoy the snow.

There was more snow on 9th morning. 3 foxes were looking for food -

The sun came out on the 10th. Note the fox footprints on the shed roof -

The media had some nice photos of the frozen fountains in Trafalgar Square. I went to have a look a couple of days later, but there was nothing, so don't know if they had been cleared. 

The coldest morning for 25 years on 11 Feb. In London it was -2°  C    -

There was a bitterly cold wind at the end of the week, but the forecast was for warmer weather.

And the Thames froze in a few places, the first time since 1963

Icicles -

Sunrise on 12 Feb, Chinese New Year -

The 13th morning temperature in London -

Icicles on Horniman's museum roof

The snow lasted a week in London. On the afternoon of the 14th it was above 0°  C and rained in the evening, removing the last of the snow. It was nice whilst it lasted.