I was there for c 16 months 62/63 and the weather for most of the time seemed fairly normal for N Yorks - apart from the early '63 snow.
It was the only time in my 20+ years in the RAF that virtually the whole complement of troops, NCOs and Officers had to dig the snow and ice off the runway with shovels. We spent all Saturday morning for about four or five hours doing this before we retired to the mess. The CO (? Gp Capt Ruston ?)directed that a free barrel should be put on for us in the Saddle Room Bar (?) of the OM