The cold spell has now continued for three weeks and records at the Auxiliary Weather Station at the King’s School, Pontefract, show that this month, so far, has been the coldest since the bitter February of 1947. Until yesterday [Thursday] there were daily falls of snow and sleet throughout the week, making slush underfoot which was extremely uncomfortable during the day, and dangerous at night, when ground frosts covered roads and footpaths with patches of ice. The temperature was persistently low; the highest level reached was on Sunday, when 37 degrees were recorded. The heaviest fall of snow occurred on Tuesday; and on Wednesday the level depth was four inches

Fog blanketed the district late on Monday afternoon and evening, and added to the difficulties facing drivers. On the longer journeys buses were running up to half an hour late. The snow was also responsible for a power breakdown in the area of Tanshelf, Front Street, and Beastfair, Pontefract on Wednesday morning. It occurred at about 8.30am and was caused by an accumulation of snow around an overhead-line insulator. The fault was rectified by engineers and the power was restored in just over an hour.