Originally Posted by ajamieson
Correct. In parts of England, this is also the amount of snow required to make the weather the lead item on the television news (complete with phrases such as "big freeze", "battling though the elements" and "spirit of the blitz").
Just like in Seattle.
Or when it goes above 28 degrees in the Netherlands, a heat wave.
Or in Los Angeles when it rains more than 6mm over a 4 month period, the torrential downpours and "storm of the century" nonsense.