The week Britain froze

Subzero temperatures, heavy snow and a fierce Siberian wind brought Britain to a halt this week. What was behind the brutal weather?
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[@jamesvseverything5974]

I remember this so vividly. Getting four days off school, outside of holidays, in a row at that time was absolutely unreal. I know this was hard and annoying for some people but I loved this.

[@pashay77]

Ikr 😅

[@abdullahabdilaahi3872]

Yep, same mate.

[@TheGalonator]

Even though the snow was only a few cm thick...

[@abdullahabdilaahi3872]

@@TheGalonator Exactly , lol.

[@torpid]

@@abdullahabdilaahi3872 I measured 12cm in inland dublin

[@tonydean2541]

The bus driver at 5.00 deserves a medal, that was skill

[@tarantulady8565]

Tony Dean He prolly needs a new pair of underwear along with that medal.

[@hikaru9624]

She should be a legend in whatever bus firm she works for!

[@tonydean2541]

yeah definately, no doubt about that

[@tonydean2541]

HA HA HA HA HA good one

[@tonydean2541]

yeah I bet he does for sure

[@bazfluffcutter2533]

This is hilarious, the traffic officer digging the van out with a plastic shovel

[@andrea22213]

I'm in North London watching this on 8th July 2022 in a little heatwave. This is cooling me down nicely.

[@pistol0grip0pump]

I remember being homeless out in this, it was bloody awful. I was sat on a box wrapped in blankets with a umbrella over my head just constantly getting hit with super strong wind and snow, the fact I hadn't been able to sleep the last few nights and the cold meant I fell asleep where I was sat, and woke up when someone in a car threw a hot cup of coffee at me, I'd realised I was also just sat in the middle of this HUGE 🛆 triangle of snow- no one could see my sign, and I had to find my bag and stuff underneath all that white , people saw what the guy did to me and came out to help, brought me hot tea, and gave me enough money to get a warm hotel room for a few nights it meant the world to me I was in tears. I'll always remember that period, insanely cold!

[@marshalllucky]

Its called winter, it used to be like this every year , what`s so shocking ?

[@theravedaddy]

marshalllucky the only difference between then and now is is todays pathetic incapable people.

[@evilregina9669]

marshalllucky because it didn’t happen in years

[@brodyredacted3198]

Never used to be like that every year. Several mild years 1800s, 1920s, 1970s especially.

[@itechtalk03]

marshalllucky the shocking thing was that some areas had more than 1 meter of snow at lower levels

[@billyupshall09_3]

Because this was a storm and deep snow which we get rarley

[@bigfatbaataed]

To my Canadian eyes it doesn't look like a lot of snow...

[@grindupBaker]

I bicycle over the BC border to where snow is up to 65 feet deep from the prior winter. Snow 95 feet deep in 1998/99. The road ended 2012 with snow 14 feet deep across it. I'm not easily impressed by a bit of snow.

[@charlespwnage5435]

come to Montreal lol

[@theawsomegamerlikesub8093]

It doesn't look like it but trust me. It was like 5-6 inches deep

[@inspectorspectacles8315]

Keith Wood it’s not 😂

[@chrisscuzz28]

@@theawsomegamerlikesub8093 In Cork southern Ireland it was at least 3-4 feet

[@matthewhardwick8208]

A bit OTT tbh. We hardly had snow for a long time, now it's here everyone is freaking out.

[@walkowskadesign4093]

Matthew Hardwick agree, total panic attack. Suddenly in Dublin apparently people's appetite has reached starvation level. Long queues and empty shelves. Apocalypse!

[@XYZUNKNOWN]

That was different that was a snowstorm that interacted with the cold air. Dublin was one of the least effected places that actually got snow from the storm parts of sw England had 20 inches of snow without drifting

[@subscriberswithafewvideo-lj6jo]

I wasn't freaking out. I had no snow.

[@DiamondEnderPearl0135]

Loved this cold weather event! Want another one this December!!! 🥶

[@lonefoxbushcraft]

hes havin a laugh that guy shoveling the front wheel lmao

[@ArdentlyGrant]

3:50 "this happens once every 5 years, its really quite rare." hmm. once in 5 yrs is rare?? umm. its winter. the only thing truly unusual here is the govt's failures to inform and warn though they knew in advance. a gentle reminder that govt cant do eveything all the time for everyone.. some self reliance is always needed.

[@fredericpoisson1825]

No no it's officialy summer... somewhere... lol

[@ArdentlyGrant]

Frederic Poisson thankfully it's always happy hour somewhere so we can drink to forget about all the trolls.. and when the trolls really start swinging we can always rejoice in the fact that it's always 4:20 somewhere on Earth

[@XZoeinka]

News: *severe snow* Me: Ya think we haven’t *NOTICED?*

[@joeturner8769]

And yet just a month and a half later, temperatures soared to 29C

[@Steve-eq8iz]

"Britons experience mild Canadian winter day."

[@charliethomas5946]

expect we aren’t canadians so we aren’t used to this 😅

[@funeyshoot2843]

U lot get colder winters and warmer summers, it’s interesting

[@rivertwygzbed543]

@@funeyshoot2843 North American mountains don't offer much shielding from the freezing Arctic temperatures that creep further down the continent.

[@b4zza_]

Before: After: Britain froze. Britain melts

[@b57ecv]

It was the coldest I've ever experienced here in Gloucestershire, and it was a different type of snow to past year's like 2010, this time it was a very dry cold easily wind blown snow that would find it's way through the smallest of holes into buildings ect ect it was getting in under the tiles on roofing and I've never experienced that before.

[@grindupBaker]

We call that "powder snow" in Canada. Beautiful stuff for downhill skiing & boarding. Sunshine Village or Whistler.

[@hyljix]

Oh no -3 C *Everyone Panics* Meanwhile in Finland: -21 C *I went normally to School..*

[@grindupBaker]

See kzbin.info/www/bejne/fGbdmJKXm56VbsU

[@Rectore-sw5kk]

Yeah same here in Boston, USA. In farenheit -21c is -5.8 and I still went to school and I did not have a thought on my mind about it.

[@ivancheung2651]

Mean while in canada -30 lets go biking

[@celinnejansson5679]

As a swed i agree ☺

[@leonb5293]

hows that a good thing lol, we get off school so easy in the uk so im glad its that way round

[@williamreid9210]

This was an incredible event! It made the news because it was so widespread, here in the UK snow doesn’t hit very often and when it does it we usually don’t see a lot, this however brought several inches across a lot of the country. It also caused a red weather warning which rarely ever happens and it caused A MASSIVE traffic jam that went on for miles in Cornwall of all places. We are not over reacting, this was rightly a news worthy moment, it’ll be remembered as the Beast From The East for years to come

[@dlwatib]

"... that scientists are just beginning to understand." *So much for settled science!*

[@TheLailoos]

Why is this so dramatic lmao

[@joasha4464]

Laila ikr

[@wayneandrews9298]

American made ..

[@Tent2k5]

Laila ikr here theres a meter everg week legit

[@charlespwnage5435]

cause they cant handle our weaker snow's

[@masromer]

because brits cant deal with small amounts of snow

[@PC4USE1]

This is a phenomenon that we call Winter in the Mid West area of North America. When the Thames freezes over again as it last did in 1814, start worrying.

[@stephensnell1379]

When this OCCURRED in the UK it happened when Spring should have begun The UK simply isn't used to extreme snow

[@TheBloodsuger150]

A bit sensationalist tbh, there’s no need to spread panic 😂

[@Klaatu2Too]

If people knew what's really going on they would panic. BBC News 2014 - kzbin.info/www/bejne/eqbIh4qXoq2gj9U Since this report aired activity has decreased even more.

[@charlespwnage5435]

i know imagine if we acted that way here in Canada where our weather is 10 times heavier and i live in Montreal our winters are way colder than this

[@indiamorley3408]

Who’s watching this in August and is exited for snow and Christmas 🎄

[@esmecollins9926]

mee haha

[@holyroller67]

I would be, if I was here 4 months ago.

[@kingdededinkleberg7862]

"DEEP SNOW" lmao where

[@haroldinho9930]

King Dededinkleberg NI it was 1 foot

[@Steve-eq8iz]

@@haroldinho9930 That's not very deep.

[@littleshit3526]

@@Steve-eq8iz it is for us so stfu

[@josh-kr5be]

Scotland, at least 10 inches fell here and snow stuck around all of March

[@alisha2016_]

I still had to go school and we weren’t allowed to play in the snow

[@zachhd9323]

bumer

[@jameswalker3073]

Hello anyone from the UK councils know it's winter? Grit the roads not ur teeth!

[@hi2407]

For the u.s. and Canada we see this hilarious while we face with -50 degrees below zero. we also face 7 feet of snow lol.

[@bosnia7429]

•J a v a C h i p• ah yes, California is facing up to -50

[@ceph042]

but the thing is, the temperatures didn’t go under -9, the big freeze was probably 62-63. The winter of 2009-2010 and 2010-2011 were probably the coldest and snowiest winters in recent times. I remember when it was -16 at 10am in Manchester in January 2010. It was the coldest I’ve ever experienced

[@spooksy1982]

100% agree - 2009 and 2010 were brutally cold!

[@CARLIN4737]

1946/47?

[@benmarley3086]

now there could be another one in january 2023, not sure how severe it will be though but it should be worse than what we got 2 or so weeks ago.

[@Myndir]

Shows that the climate is changing.

[@alexcavallucci9958]

It's cold thanks sky news

[@DeezNuts-wn9zp]

😂😂.

[@truejustice8849]

I wish it could be like that all year round

[@izza_ISFP]

"It's officially spring". No! Go back to school.

[@topcontentyt8172]

Anyone 2 years later and your recommend it? Edit: Beast From The East 2 now. Snowing in south east

[@nur-oy8mr]

Been snowing for 2 days now really weird

[@topcontentyt8172]

@@nur-oy8mr here in east anglia I have 30cm+ widely!

[@richardnewby1819]

We can't even handle a couple of days snow. Pathetic.

[@british.bus.spotter]

Me casually building snow men and playing outside

[@LinkTheFusky]

I have a feeling we're gonna break the record in December, I can feel a blizzard coming this year or in January

[@louiseowusu246]

I remember falling on ice and it was absolute agony because I've got arthritis and I was having a flare up. Was trying to be a G and hold back the tears, but the pain was very bad. 2 lovely men hoisted me up and brought me home.

[@applejuice6409]

Bro that week was the best week ever

[@indiamorley3408]

I still can’t believe that this was three years ago 🤯🤯🤯❄️❄️❄️😍

[@bigwideworld387]

I know it makes us in the UK look bad and yes there is definitely some OTT reactions in this country to not much snow but the one problem we do have is that due to our positioning on the globe, we don't get the fine powdery snow that other countries that get lots of snow get, we get wet, icy slippery snow that is lethal and can't be snow blown off roads and runways because it's too wet and heavy.

[@benconway9010]

Yep that is right

[@jamie2905_]

How was this almost 3 years ago? Time passes by so fast nowadays

[@fcbarcelona-clashroyale4778]

Still as not as much snow as in Sheffield in December 2010

[@aaronsmith2155]

But the only thing is Britain is so unprepared for snow

[@ViveSemelBeneVivere]

@6:50 man says "luckily I'm in a 4x4..." but 4x4 and all-season tyres are not great for icy roads, many youtube videos showing 4x4s sliding and crashing because they're not fitted with *winter tyres* which are dedicated tyres for ice and snow. Studded winter tyres are best and non-studded winter tyres are made with a softer compound and a specific grip pattern that no normal tyres have. Drivers in the nordic countries fit winter tyres in November and keep driving with those until March at least.

[@ApfelFlix]

Only for such a short period? Here in the alps winter tires are usually used from October to April.

[@ViveSemelBeneVivere]

@@ApfelFlix yes those months by law but it also depends on weather so if ice arrives earlier then tyres go on. Also the terrain is not so mountainy like the Alps, only in northern Norway and Sweden are mountains but nothing like the Alps.

[@MrCatalysis101]

Dear oh dear. It’s winter, sometimes it actually snows. And, for the most part, that’s not an awful lot of snow.

[@quint3570]

MrCatalysis101 winter in march...ok...used to be spring ...

[@haroldinho9930]

It’s a foot

[@acecole9311]

@@quint3570 Most of march is winter.

[@astew8106]

@@quint3570it started in February…

[@jefftracy3771]

Looks like a typical winter day in the northern half of the US.

[@mornadu]

This is normal.

[@benconway9010]

Not here it isn't

[@lawrencewhyte1554]

A child’s dream, an adults nightmare

[@lordmfitzgerald3rd754]

I remember back in 2003 I think it was. I lived in Portsmouth and suddenly there was a loud bang like a thunder bolt. And inches of snow just piled up in minutes!

[@creativeapocolypse1897]

Forget cars like lambos.... I got my sled going 5 miles an hour down the motorway

[@yalnevatekofreedom5096]

There was a little spot in the UK where it only went as low as 0c; bosham near Chichester; the downs protected much of this area from the bitter winds

[@miahaskurti4539]

What is the coldest temp?

[@brodyredacted3198]

Let's not pretend that this doesn't happen every other year. It was hella cold for March, but March 2013 was colder. The first half of 2013 was just as snowy, and 2009-2010 was a lot snowier.

[@Nabby933]

I loved it ill take the snow over the summer heat any day

[@juicylemon4154]

SlippySlime *I wouldn’t, even though I love snow*

[@boristhemeatman5216]

Anyone else wish we had worse winters than this

[@JordiumZ]

same

[@johnkelly1083]

No.

[@sebsandford1858]

what a week that was... the road outside my house was blocked with more than 15cm of snow

[@mr.3tap671]

Here is Canada I got about another foot of snow, stacking it up to almost a meter.

[@Horizon301.]

Scratch The Wolf that’s not relevant. We dont buy cars with 4x4 systems or even have winter tyres and we rely on trucks for food deliveries which can’t even drive without skidding and jackknifing. Don’t assume all snow is the same as it’s not

[@Horizon301.]

Scratch The Wolf oh and some parts of the UK particularly in the south had drifts that were over 1 metre

[@JB-zc8yf]

Chatta290 some areas in Northumberland got snowed in to the top of there front doors and forced to dig themselves out, these are places not used to this weather so its quite severe, think some places didn't get out til yesterday due to snow melt

[@Tent2k5]

I get a noreaster pretty much every week

[@JarelAhmed]

This week britain froze.. Man's not hot.

[@notinterested8452]

Snow - Informer

[@notinterested8452]

Imposter (Snow) - Jim Carrey

[@sufficientnationjc9681]

I am from Norway and this is nothing compared.

[@celinnejansson5679]

As a swed i agree

[@stephensnell1379]

We aren't used to this type of weather in the UK during winter. It's normally mild,wet and windy.

[@paxwallacejazz]

That bus driver really saved that driver.

[@grindupBaker]

I bicycle over the BC border to where snow is up to 65 feet deep from the prior winter. Snow 95 feet deep in 1998/99. The road ended 2012 with snow 14 feet deep across it. I'm not easily impressed by a bit of snow.

[@johnmackinnon1026]

An outpost of the Arctic??,...come on,.....Every winter in Canada it gets to -50C and much further below that,...toughen up...

[@leegraham3473]

Seen worst snow than that in my life it's winter.

[@l4ver_al3x]

literally i would love this back again i had so much fun with the snow as my secondary school when i was in y8 i was left off school i loved it 🙁

[@terranceparsons5185]

Brrrrr Britain freezes. 3 months later, phew what a scorcher.

[@ezraal2637]

This is Michigan in Spring season :)

[@bobo-wf1jv]

Stay strong my good friends. Eight degrees F .. -13 C .. is warm for Wisconsin. We can easily get 20 inches .. 50 cm .. of snow. Living here in the north makes me appreciate summer all that much more. Cheers.

[@stephensnell1379]

13 below freezing is bloody bitter for the UK though

[@eh1702]

Southern England gets a normal winter for the first time in 20 years.

[@Cloudrak]

Not prepared of course.

[@indiamorley3408]

Who else is watching during COVID 19 and 5 months before Xmas x

[@theanimalkeaper]

It was nearly hip deep round my house. I live in a rural hilly area though

[@randomkdm]

I’m In Minnesota And This Is Way Worse Than Our Snowfall

[@juicylemon4154]

TheMasterOfEverything *sarcasm*

[@scottishtrains9761]

Stranded for 6 days in my lorry, I have been an international goods driver for 4 years now and it was like sleeping in a service staition

[@alfie410]

There was 3ft of snow where I live

[@kellyfinch5257]

8:44 that girl was happy

[@denacampbell6228]

Damn, look how fast those cars and trucks are flying down the roads.

[@tdtvegas]

That type weather is more than typical for people at that Latitude 52. London is higher Latitude than Ottawa Canada and the entire US (Except Alaska).

[@Jason-Clark235]

If only it is like this every year

[@matthewjohnson1203]

Ik

[@blurrlightt]

I remember it. Our heating died out and put neighbour kindly gave us a portable radiator, it was insane.

[@jacobolton0271]

it is true it was a bit of an overreaction but here in north wales it was really cold and the temperature sometimes was around -15 with deep snow and whole lakes frozen it was like Siberia!

[@celinnejansson5679]

It's acually WAY colder in siberia, like we get about 20-30 minus degrees here in sweden but i see your point

[@rebeccagutierrez1401]

It's been quite chilly at night here in the Caribbean. I live in the island of Puerto Rico. And I have to use a thick blanket at night to sleep.

[@TimeToTalkPodcast]

It’s not that we’re dramatic... well... anyway. The uk just aren’t prepared for snow. Ice etc we’re used to as we have a lot of rain but snow is alien to us all

[@emilian7052]

4:47 "roads quickly became treacherous". *sees* *car* *successfully* *pulling* *giant* *truck* 😑

[@matthewjohnson1203]

Hope we get it this year

[@Paul-tg4xg]

This aint nothing !!!! Brits should try Canada in the winter. We don't shut up shop at the 1st snowfall,

[@Horizon301.]

Paul the country isn’t prepared for snow. Use your brains

[@Luaksz]

It’s like when Texas got hit by 2 inches at the beginning of the season. Hilarious

[@callummcgregorenthusiast5545]

Canadians are just Scottish anyway

[@charlespwnage5435]

especially here in Montreal lol

[@stephensnell1379]

Its bad enough

[@terrywiebe5616]

-8 wind chill ? Haha haha that's not even slightly cold

[@stephensnell1379]

It'd butter for the UK though

[@lovecuba2]

Just wonder how many cars and trucks had summer tires. Looks like none had any traction.

[@thevikingwarrior]

This sort of weather happening in the UK in March isn't thar unprecidented. It does happen sometimes.

[@terranceparsons5185]

Ah yes "and theres more to come, weathermen say!" Brrrrrr Britain freezes.

[@DrunkenGuitarGuy]

that bus driver needs a raise

[@quittenfee42]

1979/1980? Or 1985?

[@George19090]

I guess it was such a shock for us was because it hardly ever snows never mind a blizzard of snow

[@mickeyh1961]

Basically just winter in the Northern Hemisphere last for a short time

[@kittycatgamer-em1jc]

It was extreme fun no school for the rest of the week I was at the park while on my sledge with my mates

[@cx5954]

Well, no offence but where I live (Nottingham), I didn’t even get a drop of snow so I’m really confused LOL

[@thegibbos9732]

I remember I was in Edinburgh at the time on a night out when it started, girls were still wearing next to nothing!

[@duckchickenpenguin6178]

What the freaken hell. I've seen more snow in Houston n u guys are seriously freakin out.

[@h0nestlzer298]

Hamzah Khan we haven't had snow in ages. We really weren't prepared either...

[@charlespwnage5435]

snow in Houston Texas? lol

[@danielstewart6603]

Beacuse south england got a 15cm of snow(about half a foot) and went down to 8 degrees Fahrenheit

[@sarahwalker7449]

Hamzah Khan u kind of need to know this is Britain we are not set for this this usually would come every 5 years atleast and it’s meant to snow on Thursday everywhere again

[@celinnejansson5679]

As a swedish person all the weather in this video is normal to me i can't really take these people seriusly

[@sp4rky437]

Canadians would call this summer. We call it the apocalypse.

[@mcgurkg1]

5:40 is a clear pic of why most drivers in Britain couldn't go anywhere.

[@SandyCOfficial]

Sky news is got in Ireland too ,so was IRELAND and it was worse than this

[@mrcaboosevg6089]

This was British news, not Irish. We couldn't give a toss what is happening over there

[@animalgamer0309]

No need to prove THAT fact. It was only a centimeter. I still can't believe the chaos.

[@user-vk8yq8oq7p]

MrcabooseVG British news is also Irish news

[@chrisscuzz28]

@@animalgamer0309 centemiter? Hahahaha I had 5 feet of snow in Cork

[@luvscarlett9040]

Ngl the thumbnail looks like the snow is a marshmallow 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Luzycki_Milosnik_Kolei]

I lived in Britain at the time and I remember this so vividly.

[@user-rl4hv9ml4z]

What country are u from ?

[@Luzycki_Milosnik_Kolei]

@@user-rl4hv9ml4z Poland