What is a Drought: In the United Kingdom an absolute drought is currently defined "as a period of at least 15 consecutive days when there is less than 0.2 mm (0.008 inches) of rainfall", although before the 1990s a drought was defined as "15 consecutive days with...

In December 1962 there started one of the worst cold spell for centuries. The cold spell lasted 10 weeks from Boxing Day the 26th December to the 6th March. Below I have shown the event in Numbers along with a few photos my father, Billy Bowen, took during this time....