Snowiest March Event on record in the Channel Islands?

Yes, winter won't let go will it! Today saw some more of the white stuff and just as it started warming up and looking a little bit more like spring. Wintry conditions which included hail, snow, wind and blizzards were seen across the whole of the UK from Scotland, Cumbria, South East and even the channel islands. In fact at a time in the year when the only snow normally seen is in the Scottish Highlands, however the worst weather seen over the last few days has been from the south and from the Channel Islands. The weather saw blizzards cover the island in over 20cm of snow and Northern France was also severely affected.

 

The Channel Islands, which includes Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney and numerous smaller islands have very little snow, in fact the last time it snowed there with such severity was in 1987. The bad weather comes after an area of low pressure which is a lot lower in latitude than normal collides with the cold air from the NorthEast.

So with further snow expected to fall over adding to the already high snowfall depth totals, will it be the snowiest March Event for the Channel Islands on record?

 

The cold weather is set to continue over the next few days but it is to get warmer by midweek and also a lot wetter. However, don't put those winter woollies away just yet, winter can bite back with snow falling in April last year.