When did London have its last white Christmas?

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When did London have its last white Christmas?

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White Christmas in London is defined as "one flake of snow falling on Buckingham Palace on December 25th."
This last happened in 1999.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article585370.ece

Dec 16 2007, 5:29 AM

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"One flake of snow"!

I'm talking at least some inches so one has to wear boots and trudge up the sidewalks.

A thick blanket of snow.

Dec 16 2007, 6:10 AM

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I thought it was the roof of the Meteorological Office that counted. Word of warning too: don't rely on The Sun for accurate info. It's less of a comic than the Star, which appears to be aimed at semi-literate celeb watchers, but it's a small difference.

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Saturday, 25 December, 1999 -- London officially enjoyed a white Christmas yesterday, thanks to a few snowflakes that fell on the roof of the London Weather Centre.

The white Christmas is London's first since 1996, although one has to go back as far as 1895 to find the last Christmas-card blanket of snow covering the city on Christmas morning.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/578168.stm

When did London have its last white Christmas?

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