Snow lying in October at low levels in the UK is unusual even in Scotland, which is closer to the source of Arctic air necessary for its occurrence and with lower sea temperatures. Rarity increases further south, and for the southern Home Counties a single occurrence of lying snow was not reported in October during the twentieth century. As a consequence, the snow which fell in Surrey during the evening and into the night on 28 October 2008, establishing a snow cover, was the first such occasion in over 120 years. In places, snow lay for two days, during a period in which the month of October has shown significant warming.

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观察一生一次的天气：2008年10月的初雪

即使在苏格兰，英国10月份的低雪也很罕见，这更接近发生北极所必需的北极空气源，并且海水温度较低。南部的稀有度进一步增加，并且在20世纪10月份，南部Home县没有报告过一次积雪。结果，萨里（Surrey）的降雪于2008年10月28日傍晚至深夜形成积雪，这是120年来的首次此类降雪。在某些地方，积雪持续了两天，而十月份的月份则表现出明显的变暖。