The place mentioned, Litworowy Kocioł, a glacial cirque , had extensive snowdrifts persisting into July in 2023 when I was in the Tatras.

Originally Posted by: DEW 

"Experts note that Litworowy Kocioł is not representative of Poland’s climate as a whole. However, last night also saw temperatures fall to exceptionally low levels of between -15°C and -20°C in many parts of the country. The eastern town of Włodawa saw a temperature of -22°C this morning."

It was -18C in our freezer last night. A new record.

Originally Posted by: Devonian 

Unusual to see something like this in Europe these days. 

https://notesfrompoland.com/2025/02/17/new-record-low-temperature-of-41-1c-observed-in-poland/ 

Originally Posted by: Brian Gaze 

Unusual to see something like this in Europe these days. 

https://notesfrompoland.com/2025/02/17/new-record-low-temperature-of-41-1c-observed-in-poland/ 

Originally Posted by: Brian Gaze 

More proof that there is cold around just not for the UK meanwhile SE Europe and NE America continues to remain in the freezer. Heavy snow in Istanbul and single figure temperatures in Nicosia (Cyprus) by end of the week and possibly snow for Athens...snow for Jerusalem on Sunday... You couldn't make it up could you?

What has bugged me the most about this cooler weather here is that we have had colder weather but nver been cold enough for a proper widespread frost or even a flake of snow. Temps of 4c to +5c by day and 3c by night with a slack easterly but  an overcast easterly with cloud preventing frost and occasional cold rain. Yuck! - Roll on spring. 

Originally Posted by: tallyho_83 

Surprised at that as temperature anomalies are only slightly below at the moment around Poland and the Meto automated shows minimum temperatures around -2c in Krakow and Warsaw so not that cold. 

Must be local effects in play and the cold 850s as you go higher up having an impact.

Originally Posted by: Taylor1740 

Unusual to see something like this in Europe these days. 

https://notesfrompoland.com/2025/02/17/new-record-low-temperature-of-41-1c-observed-in-poland/ 

Originally Posted by: Brian Gaze 

Incredible. That is about 14c lower than the coldest temperature ever recorded in the UK of -27.2c, which last happened almost exactly 30 years ago.

Originally Posted by: David M Porter 

“Not that cold” but also totally wrong! You can’t use an incorrect automated forecast to dismiss a recorded observation. 

For the record, both Krakow and Warsaw saw minima of -12°C last night (around 8 or 9°C below average for both locations).

Originally Posted by: doctormog 

Always thought that such temps were common enough in Poland, though likely more rare than I imagined. 

The lowest temp ever recorded in Warsaw, at least according to this site, is the -30.7c that was set back in January 1987:

https://www.climatestotravel.com/climate/poland/warsaw 

Originally Posted by: Chunky Pea 

I wonder how long there has been a recording station at that location. As others have said, it's not particularly representative and it may be a record simply because the location hasn't had a long history of recording temperatures.

Originally Posted by: Lionel Hutz 

There are lots of frost hollows like Litworowy Kocioł in lots of countries. A place in Rickmansworth in Hertfordshire used to be a famous frost hollow - caused by a railway embankment damming a valley I think. According to Manley it had a nighttime climate similar to the Aberdeenshire plateau.

But was it representative of Hertfordshire or a irrelevant meteorological quirk? The latter.

Originally Posted by: Devonian