Record breaking Sheffield
Sheffield Weston Park is one of the most important observation sites in the UK simply because it has one of the longest data sets, records having started in 1882.
So it is very noteworthy when records are broken. Data is used for climatological purposes by the Met Office.
The snow depth recorded yesterday, 38cms of level snow in the city centre, was the deepest in any month since 1958.
It was also the deepest snow recorded in December since records began in 1882.
This follows the lowest minimum temperature ever recorded in November on the morning of Sunday 28th November, when the mercury fell to minus 7.2C.
It is a truly exceptional spell of cold and snowy weather.
Hello, I’m Paul Hudson, weather presenter and climate correspondent for BBC Look North in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. I've been interested in the weather and climate for as long as I can remember, and worked as a forecaster with the Met Office for more than ten years locally and at the international unit before joining the BBC in October 2007. Here I divide my time between forecasting and reporting on stories about climate change and its implications for people's everyday lives. 
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