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I THINK the number of days with snow in the early months of 1917, as quoted in Mr. Harding's article in NATURE of April 19 according to the records of an observer at Wandsworth Common, is too low for the metropolitan district generally, inasmuch as I have recorded snowfall, chiefly at Hampstead, but partly also at Kensington, on no fewer than forty-seven days during the past vinter, distributed as follows: November, 1; December, 3; January, 20,; February, 4; March, 11; April, 8; out of which forty-three belong to 1917a figure nine in excess of that quoted by Mr. Harding. I do not think the discrepancy is due to Hampstead's height some three or four hundred feet above the more central parts of London, inasmuch as a difference of altitude of this small order tells more effectively upon the length of time snow lies on the ground than on its frequency of falling; but I suggest it may arise from the omission of days of very slight snowfall, of days with sleet, or, possibly, even from, a failure to recognise uncommon varieties of snow.
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BONACINA, L. The Frequency of Snow in London . Nature 99, 185 (1917). https://doi.org/10.1038/099185a0
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