Low temperature watch· Page 3

Foghorn
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31 January 2019 17:41:31

Here in the Wooler area the daytime high was -1.9c following last nights -7.7c, intermittent freezing fog. Now clear except for increasing altocumulus to south,

dead calm, -4.8 c at 5.40pm

StrathspeyWeather
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31 January 2019 18:14:43

#52

-4.6c Today's HIGH, and already it's dropped to -8.2.... going to be a chilly one tonight!

Live Weather from Cromdale, in the Cairngorms National Park of Highland Scotland.

http://strathspeyweather.co.uk (Met Office Climate Station)

doctormog
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31 January 2019 19:23:58

#53

I’m not sure how long it will continue to drop for but Braemar was at -11.5°C at 7pm.

Aberdeen

Current conditions (personal WS)

johncs2016
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31 January 2019 19:57:01

#54

Even at Edinburgh Airport, the temperature was already down at -6°C at 7:20pm this evening after having come within a whisker of experiencing what would have been the only official ice day to have occurred so far at any of my three local stations if that had actually happened.

It will therefore be interesting to see whether or not, we can go all the way down to minus double digits at that particular station, as that is something which didn't even happen here during last winter at any time.

Edited by user 31 January 2019 20:00:27 | Reason: Not specified

The north of Edinburgh, usually always missing out on snow events which occur not just within the rest of Scotland or the UK, but also within the rest of Edinburgh.

Foghorn
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31 January 2019 20:11:20

#55

-6.3 in the Wooler area at 8.10pm, crystal clear and calm.

Crepuscular Ray
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31 January 2019 21:42:52

#56

-7 C in Edinburgh by 9pm

Jerry

Edinburgh, in the frost hollow below Blackford Hill

doctormog
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31 January 2019 23:26:34

#57

Braemar now down to -14.9°C at 11pm.

Aberdeen

Current conditions (personal WS)

Rob K
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31 January 2019 23:51:37

#58

Braemar now down to -14.9°C at 11pm.

Originally Posted by: doctormog

Could be the lowest since 2010 in that case?

Yateley, NE Hampshire, 73m asl

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Rob K
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01 February 2019 00:37:13

#59

Balmoral maxed out at -5.1C yesterday.

Yateley, NE Hampshire, 73m asl

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doctormog
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01 February 2019 06:49:52

#60

Although still very cold the temperature at Braemar bottomed out early in the night at around -15.3°C.

(Obviously, as it was colder than the previous night , this is the lowest U.K. temperature for 7 years).

Aberdeen

Current conditions (personal WS)

Crepuscular Ray
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01 February 2019 06:55:00

#61

Edinburgh is - 9 C this morning (yesterday was - 8 C with a Max of - 1 C)

Jerry

Edinburgh, in the frost hollow below Blackford Hill

johncs2016
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01 February 2019 08:54:09

#62

Edinburgh is - 9 C this morning (yesterday was - 8 C with a Max of - 1 C)

Originally Posted by: Crepuscular Ray

When you read these sorts of reports, it makes it hard to believe that we had such a poor first half of this winter. Yet what is happening here just now is comparable with what happened during last winter on many occasions.

This makes you realise that perhaps, we might have got all the way down to minus double digits in this part of the world if only we had a much more substantial covering of snow, especially as we came very close to getting those elusive minus double digits temperatures even as it is.

Edited by user 01 February 2019 08:55:50 | Reason: Not specified

The north of Edinburgh, usually always missing out on snow events which occur not just within the rest of Scotland or the UK, but also within the rest of Edinburgh.

StrathspeyWeather
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01 February 2019 09:15:21

#63

Last night's low here -12.1c, at 3.05 am, and rising steadily since. (Currently -5.8c)

Live Weather from Cromdale, in the Cairngorms National Park of Highland Scotland.

http://strathspeyweather.co.uk (Met Office Climate Station)

Rob K
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01 February 2019 09:20:51

#64

Although still very cold the temperature at Braemar bottomed out early in the night at around -15.3°C.

(Obviously, as it was colder than the previous night , this is the lowest U.K. temperature for 7 years).

Originally Posted by: doctormog

BBC quotes the official min as -15.4C so just failed to beat 2012.

Yateley, NE Hampshire, 73m asl

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Rob K
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02 February 2019 17:18:02

#65

Local forecast here going for a min of -9C tonight and we usually dip a little below the forecast, so double digits on the cards.

Yateley, NE Hampshire, 73m asl

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Retron
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02 February 2019 17:24:46

#66

Local forecast here going for a min of -9C tonight and we usually dip a little below the forecast, so double digits on the cards.

Originally Posted by: Rob K

At Aldermaston Wharf, not far from the wolf centre near Reading, the automated MetO forecast is for -11!

The last time I saw an automated that low was on Feb 28th last year, when -11 was forecast for Leysdown. It actually reached -14 that morning, utterly nuts.

https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/forecast/gcphqjnm1#?date=2019-02-03

Leysdown, north Kent

Rob K
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02 February 2019 17:25:39

#67

At Aldermaston Wharf, not far from the wolf centre near Reading, the automated MetO forecast is for -11!

The last time I saw an automated that low was on Feb 28th last year, when -11 was forecast for Leysdown. It actually reached -14 that morning, utterly nuts.

https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/forecast/gcphqjnm1#?date=2019-02-03

Originally Posted by: Retron

Clear skies and deep snow cover, should be a nice chilly one!

Yateley, NE Hampshire, 73m asl

"But who wants to be foretold the weather? It is bad enough when it comes, without our having the misery of knowing about it beforehand." — Jerome K. Jerome

Bertwhistle
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02 February 2019 17:41:36

#68

Nothing of note with a low of -4.8C. Incredulous how the once unexceptional reading of -5C has become almost impossible to achieve.

This speaks volumes:

Number of times -5C reached in March between 2006 and 2012: 4

Number of times -5C reached in total between 2013 and 2019: 2

Reached 3.6C during the day so barely registers as cold at this time of year. On course to be the first winter since 2007/08 without a max below 2C, something even December 2015 managed.

Also, it's not even below freezing at the moment so yet to even see a day below freezing from sunset to sunrise never mind an ice day

Originally Posted by: richardabdn

Odd comparison. As for 2019 Feb, March and December haven't happened yet.

Also, at Dyce, it appears there were 5 days in 2013 alone: Jan 15 (-7.6) Jan 16 (-8.1) and then scrapes on Feb 27, March 11 and March 31.

In fact, looking at Dyce's data from Tutiempo there were 12 additional from 2014-18 including 6 days of -6 or below including -7.7 on 10.12.17.

Having said that, I don't know how reliable that site is, nor do I know if Dyce is the station you used.

Bertie, Itchen Valley.

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StrathspeyWeather
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02 February 2019 17:59:41

#69

-5.4c current temp, dropping fast under a clear sky, after a low today of -7.9c at 9.30 am.

Live Weather from Cromdale, in the Cairngorms National Park of Highland Scotland.

http://strathspeyweather.co.uk (Met Office Climate Station)

Crepuscular Ray
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02 February 2019 20:26:31

#70

-3 C in Edinburgh already after another sunny day with full snow cover still up here in shady Blackford

Jerry

Edinburgh, in the frost hollow below Blackford Hill

snow 2004
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02 February 2019 21:09:44

#71

Already -6 according to the car on the Snake Pass summit. -2.5C here with partial snow cover.

Glossop Derbyshire, 200m asl

Rob K
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02 February 2019 22:41:00

#72

Strangely still above freezing here despite snow cover and clear skies. Forecast shows the temp holding up till the early hours and then plummeting.

Yateley, NE Hampshire, 73m asl

"But who wants to be foretold the weather? It is bad enough when it comes, without our having the misery of knowing about it beforehand." — Jerome K. Jerome