It may have been fleeting but many of us will have seized the chance to venture out locally and make the most of it.
Laughing merrily while ice-skating on Hickling Broad. Date: December 1954. (Image: Archant Library)
Perhaps as we felt the crunch under our boots or the nip of Jack Frost on our face, we reminisced on bygone years when it seemed like the snow visited more often and lasted longer when it did.
Off on their sledges down the hill in the UEA park. Date: January 1987. (Image: Archant Library)
There was sledging down our favourite hills and slinging snowballs at our friends.
Wintry walks with our loved ones through familiar areas transformed by the freshly fallen snow.
Fond memories of getting back home, stomping our feet and stepping into the warm for a hot chocolate to shake off the chill.
Winter ice skating on Hickling Broad. Date: 1950s. (Image: Archant Library)
Igloos would have been more appropriate for these snowbound scouts who set up their weekend camp in the grounds of How Hill, Ludham. Date: January 12, 1987. (Image: Archant Library)
Please enjoy these old photos from our archives of snowy days over the years. Where are your favourite spots to enjoy the snow in Norfolk?
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St. James Hill on Mousehold became a snow playground, and with Norwich spread out below covered in snow it became a winter sports resort. Date: February 10, 1978. (Image: Archant Library)
Snow at Wroxham Broad. Date: January 17, 1963. (Image: Archant Library)
Sharon Norgate shows her daughter Chelsea the polar bear made of snow outside their King's Lynn home. Date: March 1993. (Image: Archant Library)
A snowy scene at Elm Hill in Norwich. (Image: Archant Library)
Ski-ing in the snow on Mousehold Heath at St James's Hill in Norwich. Date: 1964. (Image: Archant Library)
An aerial view of Norwich Cathedral in the snow. Date: December 31, 1996. (Image: Archant Library)
Policemen in the snow. Date: 1987. (Image: Archant Library)
Sledging in the snow in Beccles. Date: February 1991. (Image: Archant Library)
School children abandon their bus in Thunder Lane, Thorpe, to give this motorist a helping hand. Date: February 4, 1963. (Image: Archant Library)
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