If you thought it felt unusually chilly yesterday you would be right.
Leicester Mercury weatherman Dave Mutton said it was the coldest March day since 1979.
"The temperature did not get above freezing so that makes it the coldest day in the month for more than 30 years," said Dave.
He said Leicestershire had a total snowfall of 10 cm – 7cm overnight on Friday and another 3cm overnight on Saturday – and he predicted more snow this week, and possibly a white Easter weekend.
"I'm afraid this is going to stay with us for a while yet," said Dave. "I can't see an end to the cold spell until the second week in April."
The wintry weather caused widespread disruption across the county, but also gave people a chance to have plenty of fun.
Steven Heward, 27, of Bagworth, took his two-year-old daughter Ruby out for her first ever sledging session.
He said: "I pulled her along as she sat in the sledge. She loved it and it was better work out than the gym."
Flights to and from East Midlands Airport were suspended for much of Saturday and yesterday because of ice and snow on the runway, buses were unable to access some roads and motorists struggled with treacherous conditions.
Leicestershire police said yesterday afternoon they had attended more than 60 weather-related incidents over the weekend and expected more to follow.
"This includes everything from children throwing snowballs, to flooding caused by the thawing snow to car crashes due to the bad weather," said a spokeswoman.
"It's fair to say that we have had a very busy weekend – much busier than normal – due to the weather."
Both carriageways of the M1 were closed for hours between junctions 18 and 20 yesterday after a Royal Mail lorry crashed through the central reservation and into a barrier on the hard shoulder on the opposite side of the carriageway.
Police said the vehicle careered across the road after it hit patch of snow on the road at 3.15am. The lorry left the southbound carriageway and crashed into the barrier on the northbound section near junction 19.
The southbound carriageway was re-opened at 11am, the northbound at about 4pm.
A police spokeswoman said: "The northbound carriageway was closed because the van had damaged the barrier near the hard shoulder which is next to a 50ft drop down to river. We had to ensure that this section was repaired so that it did not pose a danger to other motorists."
The driver was not injured in the incident.
Arriva reported that some bus routes were altered as some vehicles could not get along some side roads due to snow.
One bus had to be abandoned after it got stuck on a hill in Main Street, Thornton, near Coalville.
Police said that strong winds were causing problems with drifting snow in Rutland yesterday. The A47 at Glaston was reduced to one lane after snow drifted onto the road.RELATED CONTENT:Readers' snow pictures of LeicestershireLeicestershire in the snow by Mercury photographers - March 2013 Send us your snowy Leicestershire pictures• To upload pictures: Click here to add pictures to our galleries.• Or send us your pictures by tweeting @thisisleics, posting on our Facebook page or emailing newsdesk@leicestermercury.co.uk
