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Weather: this week in history
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This week in weather history...
Kent has experienced the harshest of weather conditions over the years. Local historian Bob Ogley takes us on a trip down memory lane - a look at this week's weather down the ages.
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DATE
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12th February
1929
 Three men were seen walk across the frozen waves at Whitstable, one of the coldest February of the century.
13th February1925
Low lying areas of Kent are under a water following by an intense rainstorm which raged without cessation throughout. Mason's Brewery, Maidstone was flooded and municipal sports ground at Tonbridge resembled as a massive lake. Graziers in the Stour Valley, between Chartham and Canterbury, tried to move their stock to safer quarters. The Isle of Oxney became an island again which was only approachable by boat.
14th February1961St Valentine's Day warmed the ardour of true love with 65F (18C)at Bromley.
15th February1983
Standpipes and water bowers have been brought out of mothballs and water companies across Kent are appealing for consumers to use less water.
16th February1929Kent experience the coldest February. Until that morning, there was more than 120 hours of continuos frost and the mercury fell to 9F (-13C). it was so cold that the sea at Whitstable froze solid. Schools were closed and people were advised to stay indoors.

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