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Deep snow near Burrow-with-Burrow, Lancashire, England, January 1963. The winter of 1962–1963, known as the Big Freeze of 1963, was one of the coldest winters (defined as the months of December, January and February) on record in the United Kingdom. [2] Temperatures plummeted and lakes and rivers began to freeze over.
January–April – Winter of 1963: The UK experiences the worst winter since 1946–47.Low temperatures keep snow lying around until early-April in some areas. 7 January – Granada Television first broadcasts World in Action, its influential investigative current affairs series, which will run for thirty-five years.
The "Big Freeze of 1963" in the United Kingdom caused the cancellation of all but three of the scheduled third round matches of the 1962–63 FA Cup. [24] [25] The blizzard was "the worst snow in Britain's 100 years of recorded weather history". [26] NASA made tentative plans to extend the Mercury 9 flight from 18 to 22 orbits. [27]
The Big Freeze of ’83, from Dec. 18 to Dec. 30, 1983, was the first prolonged cold spell my family experienced. For 12 days, we were marooned at home — with out-of-town company, no less. ...
1962–1963. Winter of 1962–63 in the United Kingdom – The winter of 1962–63 was the coldest for 223 years in England, and the freeze was accompanied by strong easterly winds and the freezing of rivers and streams. January 1963 cold wave in Mid-Western United States, as well as a brief-but-severe cold spell in the western United States. 1966
The New Year's Eve 1963 snowstorm was a significant winter storm occurring from December 31, 1963 to January 1, 1964 over most of the Southern United States.The storm began when a surface low-pressure system moved northward through the eastern Gulf of Mexico and up the Fall Line east of the Appalachians, leading to a snowstorm from the central Gulf coast northward into Tennessee.
This was the last frost fair. The climate was growing milder; old London Bridge was demolished in 1831 [25] [26] [27] and replaced with a new bridge with wider arches, allowing the tide to flow more freely; [28] and the river was embanked in stages during the 19th century, all of which made the river less likely to freeze. There was nearly a ...
The Lakers signature three-point celebration, which resembles D'Angelo Russell's old "ice in my veins" pose, is an ode to TV's "Freeze, Miami Vice!"