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.
If you enoyed this trip down memory lane, you might like our photo gallery looking back at the best of the 60s.
31. Snowdrifts
Struggling through the deep snowdrifts in Horton in January 1982 | Submitted Photo: Keith Reynolds
32. Piled high
Standing in front of a huge mound of snow in Newtown in January 1982 | Submitted Photo: Dick Williams
33. Don't say you weren't warned!
The Lauder Road, near Blackshiels in Midlothian, during heavy snow in February 1963 | TSPL
34. Delivering whatever the weather
A milkman makes his way through the snow in Bedfordshire with a toboggan in 1947 | Bedfordshire Times
35. Playing in the snow
Children playing on the snow-covered boats at Cramond near Edinburgh in February 1963 | TSPL