*In 1868, English newspapers noted a stark lack of long-continued frosts compared to the late 18th and early 19th centuries.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1868-12-19 |title=Is Our Climate Changing? |pages=5 |work=Liverpool Mercury, etc. |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/liverpool-mercury-etc-1868-climate-cha/33912708/ |access-date=2023-06-16}}</ref> Nearly 100 years later, in 1962 (which should've possessed an extra-mild winter compared to the standards of these journalists), saw one of the harshest winters in English history, which included snowdrifts over 20 feet dee and temperatures in Scotland below -20 degrees Celcius. Additionally, the river [[Thames]] froze over in Oxford, being sold cold that one car drove over it.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Winters of discontent: 6 of the worst winters in British history |url=https://www.history.co.uk/articles/winters-of-discontent-6-of-the-worst-winters-in-british-history |access-date=2023-06-16 |website=Sky HISTORY TV channel |language=en}}</ref> | *In 1868, English newspapers noted a stark lack of long-continued frosts compared to the late 18th and early 19th centuries.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1868-12-19 |title=Is Our Climate Changing? |pages=5 |work=Liverpool Mercury, etc. |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/liverpool-mercury-etc-1868-climate-cha/33912708/ |access-date=2023-06-16}}</ref> Nearly 100 years later, in 1962 (which should've possessed an extra-mild winter compared to the standards of these journalists), saw one of the harshest winters in English history, which included snowdrifts over 20 feet dee and temperatures in Scotland below -20 degrees Celcius. Additionally, the river [[Thames]] froze over in Oxford, being sold cold that one car drove over it.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Winters of discontent: 6 of the worst winters in British history |url=https://www.history.co.uk/articles/winters-of-discontent-6-of-the-worst-winters-in-british-history |access-date=2023-06-16 |website=Sky HISTORY TV channel |language=en}}</ref> |