GENERALLY Brighton and Hove is thought of as one of the areas in the UK with the best climate.

That is not to say the city hasn’t had its fair share of extreme or challenging weather conditions in the past.

From blizzards to seaside storms and strong gales, Mother Nature can be seen wreaking havoc in the archived photographs above.

Do you have any photographs or memories of any particularly rough weather you have experienced in the city?

If so, what was the worst damage you remember being caused by such weather?

The blizzard in 1983 left thousands of people walking home from work through deep drifts to outlying suburbs such as Saltdean.

There have been other notable snowstorms over the years and the one in December 2010 caused one of the coldest months on record in the city.

The most celebrated thunderstorm of the last century took place in September 1958, when up to 2,000 lightning flashes were detected an hour.

Observers at the time claimed that they witnessed hailstones the size of tennis balls falling from the sky.

Did you have any relatives who experienced the storm in 1958 or perhaps you remember seeing the hailstones yourself?

Of course, the Great Storm of 1987 was one of the worst we have seen, with hurricane-force winds ravaging Sussex, along with many other parts of the country.

But even that was not as extreme as weather experienced in the 18th century.

A tempest in 1703, recorded by Daniel Defoe, destroyed much of Brighton and killed 8,000 people across England.

Less than two years later, in 1705, a storm buried much of what was left of Brighton under beach stones.