The much-heralded snows failed to materialised this week.
Our picture gallery above shows a different time - with kids playing in the snow in normal clothes, buses running amid the falls and people generally not worrying too much at all.
“It missed us by about 30 miles”, said Salendine Nook weatherman Paul Stevens talking about this week.
“We are talking about forecasts for a spot 25km by 25km on a global scale and it is difficult.
“We expected snow in most areas, but were never likely to get more than a couple of centimetres in most areas. Up on the moors it did fall as snow and at Holme Moss there was up to 10cm in places.
“In Huddersfield it fell as heavy rain and in a 12-hour period from 4.30pm on Thursday we got more than 15mm of rain. That brought the monthly total to 60cm so far and as the monthly average is only 80cm, it looks as though we are in for a very wet December.
“We also saw temperatures rise during the night to a little above 4° C at midnight which meant the snow stayed away”.
Do you have pictures of Huddersfield in the snow from the past? Email them to lauren.ballinger@examiner.co.uk
