bbc weather 26.02.86

[@HAMYVALUTECHREVU]

Yes ludensian i agree that wee do make a lot of fuss when a snowflake falls, but the winter for us in N.ireland in 2010 was epic most notably for the cold temps. For eg, i was out driving at 12.00 midday in my car and my cars temp gauge remained at -12 degrees mile after mile reaching a dizzing high of -10 at 3.00pm. this is unheard of. i'm 31 and never have experienced it so cold during the day. needless to say for the month i think the daily max was -3 degrees, at night it got as cold as -18.

[@brenkenney6624]

used to love these graphs, the forecasters also knew the weather to come now it's blob graphs that moves about and some uncertainty by 2 days time

[@WillScarlet1991]

Pretty hi-tech for 1986.

[@mark78129]

Lol

[@Keithbarber]

This had been developed just over a year earlier in February 1985 It launched 14.02.1985

[@richardsweden]

We dont even get it that cold in Sweden in the winter anymore.

[@PagesFromCeefax]

oh yes it is!!! -17C in Oxfordshire last night : )

[@speedyspikeyhair]

You just don't see forecasts like that in winter anymore- minus 1 in the daytime with a 30mph hoolie blowing must have felt bitter. Will we ever see a winter like some of the ones in the 80's in the near future??

[@TheMessiah79]

Yeah in some forecasts the temperatures are not even gonna get above freezing during the day. MSN are predicting lows of -8 for my area!!! Makes me feel cold even thinking about it!!!

[@Martin9476]

The graphics were so much better back then

[@stephensnell1379]

Wrong,the modern 3d graphics are even better as they show the weather across each area of the UK

[@cujo9]

you wont see weather patterns like this anymore , this was natural uk weather not global warming . i remember having to postpone a holiday to Somerset at around the same time early February of that year because of the weather.

[@geourgiou]

yes, they where proper winters i remember my dad used to have a shop and the wind used to hit us hard, i loved the old cold winters.

[@stephensnell1379]

Our last severe winters were 2010 and also 2012

[@rjjcms1]

We had big freeze-ups between the middle of January and the end February for three years in a row in 1985,1986 and 1987. 1985 had snow in March as well,while the freeze relented earliest in 1987 out of those years. Played havoc with the football fixture lists,leaving some teams to catch up major backlogs in the closing weeks of the season. In May 1985 one of the most unlikely relegation escapes was pulled off when Coventry were left 8 points below the safety line in the old Division One (equivalent level to the Premier League today) as the regular season wound up - but with three postponed games yet to be played. They needed to win all three matches to overhaul Norwich,who'd played all their fixtures,and stay in the top flight - and did it,winning 1-0 at long-doomed bottom club Stoke and also Luton before beating Everton,who'd already been crowned champions,to complete the feat.

[@rjjcms1]

@@stephensnell1379 Yes,we had weeks of snow in December 2010 and very snowbound winter weather in the later half of January and through February in 2013.

[@West.Ham1964]

Nice simple weather forecast, no complications, why change it for the worst? Bit nippy that night

[@RMCRetro]

Hi, do you mind if I use a short clip from this video in one of my own? Thanks

[@TheMessiah79]

This forecast is kind similar to the weather we're getting at the moment.

[@TheMessiah79]

0:41 - 0:45 Glenlivet was -15C? I'm sure their homegrown whiskey would have warmed them up!!! :D

[@eccIefechan]

"it just goes to show how warm our winters are now" Haha I guess this was written in 2008 when this video was uploaded. Winter 2009 and especially the month of December 2010 were colder than this.

[@dvidclapperton]

London colder than Lerwick on that forecast. Unbelievable.

[@guodade2239]

Not at all. In December 1890, Scotland averaged 1.2˚C, England and Wales combined -0.9˚C! Even in that February 1986 - a similarly cold and very dry and quiet month with nothing more the cold high pressure day after day - Scotland was warmer than England and Wales by 0.2˚C, and Lerwick in the far north was probably the warmest place in the UK on average, if not to the same extent as December 1890. More recently, Scotland was warmer than England in February 1993, January 1997 and February 2012.

[@TheMessiah79]

Yep sometimes you have to think if something works, why change???

[@jamezpipe]

Published on Jan 15, 2016

[@TheMessiah79]

Yeah, what with the BBC trying to cut costs and corners, even though they're publicly funded!!! lol At least these maps were nice and simple to read and watch, unlike the crap they've got today...

[@jamezpipe]

bbc weather 26.02.86

[@luton10000]

yes this winter

[@CelticSaint]

'I got to look into the beginning of next week'! What, in yer crystal ball?

[@MrMattybeck]

r summer in the uk has been really bad

[@TheMessiah79]

Definitely