February
After a relatively mild but unsettled first half of February, Arctic air flooded southwards behind a cold front on the 18th. Snow showers affected the Midlands, Northern England, Southeast England and Northern Scotland between Sunday 20th and Monday 28th. North Yorkshire received 8 cm of lying snow on the 21st, whilst blizzards and 13 cm of lying snow forced more than 30 schools to close in Aberdeenshire. Temperatures also struggled to climb above freezing, with Buxton, Derbyshire, only reaching 0.8°C as a maximum temperature on the 22nd. By the 25th, 30 cm of snow lay over the Pennines, with drifts of 1.5 metres reported, 50 cm of snow lay in County Durham and 7 cm in the Dover area of Kent.
The cold, arctic weather continued right to the end of February, with further frequent snow showers in eastern regions. 54 flights were cancelled from Heathrow and hundreds of schools across the southeast were forced to shut as 27 cm of snow fell across Kent.
50 cm snow drifts were reported in Kent and East Sussex on the 27th, causing several road accidents.
Read more about this topic: 2005 United Kingdom Snow Events
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