While it is a light dusting in comparison to the "Beast from the East" earlier in February, it has provided some challenging conditions across sports events.

Snowy blizzards could be seen at football matches across the country yesterday, including Premier League matches at Huddersfield Town and Stoke City. The conditions certainly added further complexity to proceedings and may have played a factor in a red card being shown in the latter match for a late lunging tackle.

Several players have been seen sporting snoods when warming up for matches, while pundits, who would normally be criticising players wearing gloves…have been wearing hats and gloves.

Although it is rare for snowfall in March, it is worth pointing out that sleet and snow delayed some County Championship cricket matches at the start of April last year.

It could be worse though. Much worse in some cases.

The County Championship fell victim to one of the most famous cases of weather impacting on sporting action back in 1975.

A match between Lancashire and Derbyshire at Buxton, England's highest town, saw a dramatic shift in conditions. Taking place in June, the match was reportedly bathed in sunshine for the first day, where Lancashire made 477-5 before taking two Derbyshire wickets.

Having enjoyed a day off, players returned on Monday to continue the match. Only to be delayed by a brief shower of rain. It was only brief because the rain soon turned to snow, with a blizzard leaving the ground thick with the white powder in the middle of one of the hottest months of the year.

"When I went out to inspect the wicket, the snow was level with the top of my boots," umpire Dickie Bird was quoted as saying. "I'd never seen anything like it."

To complete the bizarre image, West Indies’ Clive Lloyd started a snowball fight with his Lancashire team-mate Faroukh Engineer, one of India’s famed wicketkeepers.

While play was abandoned, the match resumed the following day with Lancashire twice bowling Derbyshire out to secure a win by an innings and 348 runs.

Similarly as bizarre, the 2013 Match Play Championship was also halted as a result of snow, despite the golf event taking place in Arizona.

"[It is} a little crazy for it to snow in the desert," Australia’s Jason Day reflected. "But that's just how it is. Mother Nature can do whatever she wants."

Indeed, Mother Nature can do what she wants. She even managed to get a South African Premier League football match off back in 2007 due to freak wind.

A match between Orlando Pirates and the Black Leopards was in progress when wind struck the stadium, dislodging several advertising hoardings and sending them flying across the pitch.

Three players and a linesman were hit in the incident, causing medical staff to come to their aid. While two players and the official eventually got to their feet, Lehlohonolo Seema was stretchered off having been hit in the chest.

The game was called off as a result of the conditions, with Seema ultimately making a recovery.

There are also examples of lighting storms causing chaos at events, with American football team Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Denver Broncos forced to seek shelter due to the electricity above in 2016 being among the most recent examples.

The most dramatic and deadly story comes 20 years ago in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Daily newspaper L'Avenir reported that lightning killed 11 players on the Bena Tshadi football team in their match against Basanga with one strike.

While the newspaper allegedly stated that 30 other people received burns, members of the opposing team reportedly emerged unscathed. It is claimed the accusations of witchcraft were then used to explain the incident.

Players and matches are not the only ones to suffer at the hands of the weather, with venues also occasionally falling victim.

In 2012, the roof of the Skenderija sports centre used for ice skating events at the Sarajevo 1984 Winter Olympics collapsed under the weight of heavy snow.

The Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome beats the Bosnian venue hands down for roof incidents, with the former home of the Minnesota Vikings having suffered five separate issues related to the weather in its history.

The most famous came in 2010, when heavy snow accumulated on the roof, causing it to sag in the centre. A Fox Sports television crew saw slight leaking in the roof and opted to set up their camera to watch it throughout the night. When three panels tore and the snow came falling into the venue, their camera picked up the footage.

The honour, however, for the most random incident has to belong to the Traktor Ice Arena in Chelyabinsk.

The home of Kontinental Hockey League team Traktor Chelyabinsk was damaged as a result of a meteor which struck near the Russian city. The freak incident ultimately impacted on their scheduled matches for a period. 

The venue was quickly back on the international stage when it held the 2014 World Judo Championships, before hosting the equivalent taekwondo event the following year.

It is likely that this will be the only time a meteor stops play, but we can be certain that the list of weather impacted sporting events will continue to rack up in the coming years.