Rare happening - snow in Newark

Opened the curtains this morning to find the most incredibly fine snow, or was it frost falling? In fact it was not all tumbling downwards. So fine that at times it drifted sideways and was even at times wafted back up.

Looks beautiful in the garden but it will not last as the sun is already upon it.

For some reason it rarely seems to snow in Newark. This has been the case since long before global warming made it less of a regular occurrence than it used to be years ago in other parts of England. I have always thought, with no evidence whatsoever, that it is caused in some way by us being in the Trent river valley.