Winter Wonderland or Woe?: Winter Weather Forces Schools To Close
Winter Wonderland or Woe?: Winter Weather Forces Schools To Close
Winter Wonderland or Woe?: Winter Weather Forces Schools To Close
England 2009
Winter
Wonderland or woe?
Winter weather forces schools to
close
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Param Historical Study England
2009
County Closed
This table shows the number of schools
South East reported closed. It is interesting to note that
Essex 250+ although the snow is no heavier in the
Hertfordshire 100+ South East of England, one of the eastern
Middlesex 80+ counties has reported more than 250 of its
Sussex 50+ schools are closed.
North
Greater Manchester 100
Lancashire 70
Cumbria 34 This gave the children lots time to play in
Durham 70 the snow, snowballing, making snowmen
Northumberland 33 and snow angels. The snow gave an added
Yorkshire 1 dimension, producing some very
picturesque scenes, many captured on website. The United Kingdom government did
camera. not offer similar advice to its citizens. The advice
from the United States is to prepare for a winter
storm by doing the following:
Temperatures recorded at one weather station in Ros-on-Wye during the week read:
Maximum Minimum
2nd Feb 3 -1
3rd Feb 5 -3
4th Feb 5 -3
5th Feb 2 -1
6th Feb 2 -1
7th Feb 5 -3
8th Feb 4 -2