But these photos, capturing striking scenes during some of the UK’s most extreme winters ever, show it could have been much worse.
This retro photo gallery will bring back memories for anyone who shivered through the bitter cold in 1946, 1963 or 1982.
These remarkable images show steepling snowdrifts and frozen waterfalls as Arctic conditions transform the landscape into a beautiful yet brutal winter wonderland.
They also capture communities pulling together, whether that’s strangers giving a stranded motorist a push, people grabbing a shovel and clearing the streets or a resourceful milkman ensuring customers don’t go without.
From children skating and sledging to a dog bounding through the snow, they also depict joyous scenes amid the freezing cold.
As we wait to see what this winter brings, why not snuggle up warm and enjoy these extraordinary images from years gone by.
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7. Clearing the pitch
Clearing the snow at Sheffield United's Bramall Lane stadium in February 1963 | Sheffield Newspapers Ltd
9. Frozen falls
The Corra Linn Falls on the River Clyde near New Lanark frozen over in January 1963 | TSPL
10. Snowy scene
Volunteers Julie Hipkiss,18, and Tina Roberts, 16, working at the Black Country Museum's replica village in Dudley, in January 1982 | Express & Star
11. Ice-bound
Hull bargee James Walker and engineer Brian Appleyard look over the stern of their barge, Loxley, which is ice-bound at Canal Wharf, Sheffield, in January 1963 | Sheffield Newspapers
12. Clearing up
Clearing the snowfall on Victoria Street, Blackpool, in 1963 | National World