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December 1956
Tuesday, 18th December, saw a fall in temperature from an unseasonably high
level down to near freezing with fog formation in the late afternoon becoming thick
from 8 p.m. onwards. Wednesday, 19th began cloudless, the sky becoming obscured
by fog, dense from 7.00—11.30 a.m., until mid-evening. Thursday was a day of fog,
thick from 4 a.m. onwards; Friday continued likewise, fog thick until 7.30 a.m. and
again from 7 p.m. On Saturday there was an early fog for a short time followed by
period of mist throughout the day. Sunday was misty followed by fog until midafternoon.
Monday, 24th, was a day clear of fog with frost in the evening. Christmas
Day was cloudy with snow in the evening and fog for a time. Wednesday, Boxing
Day, was a day of light snow, drizzle and light rain with fog in the morning and afternoon
and the last day of this period, 27th December, saw some fog in the afternoon
and again in the evening. Throughout this period temperatures ranged from around
40°F. down to, or a little below, freezing. This was a protracted period of intermittently
foggy days.
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