when was the last time it snowed in england on christmas day
2009
title: Winter of 2009–10 in Great Britain and Ireland text: Christmas period. The most severe snowy weather began on 5 January in North West England and west Scotland with temperatures hitting a low of in Greater Manchester, England. The snow spread to Southern England on 6 January and by 7 January the United Kingdom was blanketed in snow, which was captured by NASA's Terra satellite. The thaw came a week later, as temperatures started to increase. The winter weather brought widespread transport disruption, school closures, power failures, the postponement of sporting events and 25 deaths. A low of was recorded in Altnaharra, Scotland on 8 January 2010. Overall it was title: Winter of 2010–11 in Europe text: Sussex with the South Downs receiving close to of snow. More heavy snowfall was reported in Southern England on 17/18 December, with parts of Greater London reporting nearly . Snow even settled in Central London, causing travel disruptions to the city's Underground system and airports. This was the coldest December recorded in the UK since 1890. The lowest temperature of the winter so far is recorded at Altnaharra in the Scottish Highlands at 10 am on 2 December. Ireland was first hit by the snow on the morning of 27 November 2010. The morning of Saturday, 27 November, saw Ireland title: White Christmas (weather) text: in 2017, Northern England and Southern Scotland had a white Christmas. In Ireland, the prospect of early winter snow is always remote due to the country's mild and wet climate (snowfall is most common in January and February). Bookmakers offer odds every year for a white Christmas, which is officially lying snow being recorded at 09:00 local time on Christmas Day, and recorded at either Dublin Airport or Cork Airport (bets are offered for each airport). Since 1961, countrywide, snow has "fallen" on 17 Christmas Days (1961, 1962, 1964, 1966, 1970, 1980, 1984, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, title: Climate of the United Kingdom text: sand for one tie. In recent times snow has generally become rarer, but the UK can still get heavy falls, such as in 1978-79, 1981-82, 1986-87 and 1990-91. The winter of 2008/09 produced the heaviest snowfall since 1991 between 1 and 3 February, and the winter of 2009-10 was even more severe, with many parts of the United Kingdom having the coldest and snowiest winters since 1978/79; temperatures plummeted to at Altnaharra, Sutherland – close to the recorded in Antarctica in the same period. The lowest temperature ever recorded in the UK was , on 10 January 1982 and 11 title: White Christmas (weather) text: every 6 years. Christmas 2009 was a white Christmas in some parts of Britain, with thick lying snow which easterly winds had brought over the previous week. Travel over much of Britain was badly affected by ice and snow on roads, and was made more slippery by partial daytime thaw followed by overnight refreezing. It was the first white Christmas anywhere in the United Kingdom since 2004. There was another white Christmas in 2010, it was also the coldest Christmas day ever recorded in the United Kingdom. In 2014, parts of the Northern Isles had a white Christmas and again