But we doubt it will compare to these iconic Arctic scenes from the Echo archives.
We’ve got Vaux horses in 1984, breaking ice in Mowbray Park in 1973, a motorist trying to dig out his car at Penshaw in 1963 and Durham Road in the snow in 1977.
Bill Hawkins, of Sunderland Antiquarian Society, gets our thanks for these wonderful photos.
To share your own memories of Wearside’s wintry past, email [email protected]

9. Icy in Durham Road
Durham Road in the 1977 snow. Photo: Bill Hawkins. Photo: Bill Hawkins

10. Still doing the rounds in 1979
Hard at work in Station Road, Seaburn in March 1979. Photo: Bill Hawkins Photo: Bill Hawkins

11. Hard at work
Vaux horses in the snow at Pallion in January 1984. Photo: Bill Hawkins. Photo: Bill Hawkins

