| Weather:
this week in history |
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| This
week in weather history... |
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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 |
YEAR |
WEATHER |
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4th
March |
1970 |
A deepening depression embedded in a cold polar airstream moved
south-east, and covered Kent with a thick snow-storm. Power
lines were brought down which blacked out homes and trapped
hundreds of miners below ground in an east Kent coalfield. |
7th
March | 1917 |
Four inch snow flakes were seen by an observer
in west Whickham. Eight inches of snow fell at Bromley Common. |
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| 5 DAY FORECAST
The latest forecast for your area from BBC Weather
Today's weather for Canterbury |
Wednesday
Max 10 °C
Min 7 °C
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