Talk of the Beast from the East 2021 is circulating in the national media with some predictions of a similar storm to the one which hit Britain in 2018.
Met Office experts are monitoring meteorological conditions and they are reporting reporting a risk of snowfall and wintry hazards later in the month.
Take a look and re-live the memories.
9. Snow on the Seaton sands
It was cold enough to snow on the sands in 2009, as this dog walker found out. Photo: hm
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Back in 1963, the Wearside snow was lying 10ft deep in places and this photo shows a bus and a van which had been stuck in the drifts for days. Photo: se
11. King Street shopping hit by a blizzard
These shoppers faced a blizzard on King Street in 1950. Photo: sg
12. Struggling in the Seaton Carew snow
It's not often that the seafront promenade gets this level of snow but it did in 2010 as this view shows. Photo: hm