Winter
During the winter the temperature rarely stays below 0°C during the day and even with night-time winter temperatures, it's extremely rare to fall below -5°C. Air and ground frost is very common from November through to March.
Snow is sometimes seen in the winter months because the town is near to the east coast where cold, moist air is brought in from the North Sea. In recent years there has been up to three inches of snow on days in January and February which has resulted in minor disruption to transport and caused some schools to close. However, the snow tends not to persist for a significant length of time in any noticeable quantity.
Understand
World Famous for being the birthplace of radio, Chelmsford is county town and recently became the first city in of Essex, England. It lies 30 miles 48.5 km northeast of Liverpool Street London, approximately halfway between there and Colchester. It is almost exactly in the centre of the county and it has been the county town of Essex since 1215. It is also the seat of the Borough of Chelmsford, which covers a wider area than the city, including the new ca. 1970s settlement of South Woodham Ferrers on the banks of the River Crouch. The Borough Council celebrated its centenary in 1988 it had been incorporated as a municipal borough in 1888 under the Municipal Corporations Act 1882, and the city its 800th anniversary in 1999. Chelmsford was officially made a city on the Queen's diamond jubilee in March 2012.