How much fog does London get?

I have always lived in London. When I was a child of about 6 or 7 I can remember as if it was yesterday, my mother coming to collect me from school. It would have been about 3.30'ish. read more

London became famous for fog when houses were heated by open coal fires. So much coal was burnt in winter that the smoke and other gases combined with damp air to create a mixture of smoke and fog that was very dense (and bad for you). read more

Blame it on Charles Dickens, Ron Burgundy or the ignorance of others, but London England has this reputation of being a foggy place. In the popular perception of tourists, fog seems to be to London as tea is to China, drunk is to Russia or fat is to America. read more

The old London fogs were the result of millions of coal fires producing particles (smoke) which encouraged the formation of fog on cold, still, winter nights. The resulting mixture of smoke and fog was the classic "pea-souper" smog which gave London its reputation of being foggy. read more