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Mildly Disappointed
06 January 2026 07:17:00
Colder again here this morning at -9c
Jason

Salfords, Surrey

Rob K
06 January 2026 07:35:38

Colder again here this morning at -9c

Originally Posted by: Mildly Disappointed 

Yes it’s the coldest morning of the spell here, -7.4C at Farnborough and local PWSs showing mostly -8 and -9. Even the heat pump sensor admits to -5C. 

And for the record here are the lows for yesterday:

Lowest maximum temperature Tulloch Bridge -2.8 °C

Lowest minimum temperature Shap -10.9 °C

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

Ally Pally Snowman
06 January 2026 07:38:29
Very cold in East Anglia , bit of snow cover helping plenty of - 7s and -8s. Santon Downham -10c . 
Bishop's Stortford 85m ASL.
Crepuscular Ray
06 January 2026 07:44:14
-5 C here in the early hours, now up to +2.5 at 07:30 😯
Jerry

Edinburgh, in the frost hollow below Blackford Hill

Ally Pally Snowman
06 January 2026 08:07:07
Marham in Norfolk -11c very cold for that location 
Bishop's Stortford 85m ASL.
Rob K
06 January 2026 08:37:25
Even Shoreham airport right by the south coast is -7. Pretty good spell for the south here, just needed more snow!
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
06 January 2026 08:37:29
Southampton airport bottomed at -9 making it the coldest since February 1991 I believe.

(There was a rash of -6s and -7s during the 2009-11 cold spells.)

Bertie, Itchen Valley.

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Windy Willow
06 January 2026 08:53:50
Almost made it to -5c in my back garden and can quite believe the -9c in areas about me, especially out in the open.
South Holland, Lincs 5m/16ft ASL

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Barry White

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Jiries
06 January 2026 09:10:49
Went down to -6.1C in the middle garden -5'5 on the patio area and -8.7C grass min while the conservatory -2.1C with frosted up windows.
bledur
06 January 2026 09:16:22

-5 C here in the early hours, now up to +2.5 at 07:30 😯

Originally Posted by: Crepuscular Ray 

Tropical 🌴

Rob K
06 January 2026 09:41:49

Marham in Norfolk -11c very cold for that location 

Originally Posted by: Ally Pally Snowman 

Marham actually bottomed out at -12.5C this morning, quite late on. It was still -7.4C at 9am so that will count as tomorrow's minimum too.

I think that is the coldest temperature of this spell - I didn't have Norfolk on my bingo card!

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

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MRazzell
06 January 2026 09:50:28

Southampton airport bottomed at -9 making it the coldest since February 1991 I believe.

(There was a rash of -6s and -7s during the 2009-11 cold spells.)

Originally Posted by: Bertwhistle 

Unusually cold along almost the entire South Coast this morning (Excluding far SW). From a horticultural perspective i can imagine a few gardens will look a little different this summer!

Far north of East Sussex. +150m asl.
NMA
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06 January 2026 10:29:33
I'm intrigued Jiries why your conservatory manages to get below freezing so easily. What kind of glazing do you have?
Vale of the Great Dairies

South Dorset

Elevation 60m 197ft

Viking3
08 January 2026 09:06:19
Widespread -10s in the Highlands this morning after the snow finally cleared away. Temperatures are still dropping and just before 0900 it had fallen below -14C at the Tomintoul Climate Station which is one of the Met Office official sites; I guess we will see the official reading coming out at some point this morning. A few PWS stations in Upper Donside are at -16C this morning.
Keith

Aboyne, Aberdeenshire

135m asl

Rob K
08 January 2026 09:36:22

Widespread -10s in the Highlands this morning after the snow finally cleared away. Temperatures are still dropping and just before 0900 it had fallen below -14C at the Tomintoul Climate Station which is one of the Met Office official sites; I guess we will see the official reading coming out at some point this morning. A few PWS stations in Upper Donside are at -16C this morning.

Originally Posted by: Viking3 

Where are you seeing data from Tomintoul?

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

Viking3
08 January 2026 09:43:49

Where are you seeing data from Tomintoul?

Originally Posted by: Rob K 

The guy also posts his data on Weather Underground - https://www.wunderground.com/dashboard/pws/IBALLI128

Keith

Aboyne, Aberdeenshire

135m asl

Viking3
08 January 2026 10:38:06
https://wow.metoffice.gov.uk/observations/details/20260108khqkxzzcxre9briacbn55arysc 

Also on the Met Office WOW site - minimum -14.7C

Keith

Aboyne, Aberdeenshire

135m asl

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Rob K
08 January 2026 10:43:18
Braemar dipped to -12.1C by 10am, which will be credited to tomorrow's date.

And looking at the Tomintoul site, the very lowest -14.7C was actually just after 9am - it looks like -14.6C will be today's minimum and the -14.7 will count for tomorrow (and not be shown on the Met Office daily extremes site, as that does 9pm to 9am I believe).

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

doctormog
08 January 2026 11:16:28
There are also a number of other personal (so unofficial data) weather stations that have recorded lower temperatures: https://www.highlandweather.info 

These will not however count in the official data sets.

Aberdeen

Current conditions (personal WS) 

Viking3
08 January 2026 12:15:22
At 12 noon it's still nearly -14C at Bridge of Gairn, so as the afternoon goes on temperatures will fall like a stone across the snowfields. Raw data doesn't suggest a full clear radiation night, but this evening and first half of tonight should see the lowest readings of the winter so far. Touch and go if any official stations are in that category of course, but we could see -18C on the PWS networks.
Keith

Aboyne, Aberdeenshire

135m asl

Rob K
08 January 2026 23:08:34
Yesterday’s low was -11.7 at Braemar and a lowest max of -5.7 at Balmoral 
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

Viking3
09 January 2026 00:37:53

Yesterday’s low was -11.7 at Braemar and a lowest max of -5.7 at Balmoral 

Originally Posted by: Rob K 

No mention of Tomintoul.

The observer at that site posts in another forum and he confirmed the minimum of -14.7C earlier. He also said the gate to the site was frozen solid, and the Stevenson Screen door was frozen shut too!

If the instruments in the screen could not be read that might explain why the digital reading has not been accepted as the lowest temperature last night?

Keith

Aboyne, Aberdeenshire

135m asl

Rob K
09 January 2026 10:09:24

No mention of Tomintoul.

The observer at that site posts in another forum and he confirmed the minimum of -14.7C earlier. He also said the gate to the site was frozen solid, and the Stevenson Screen door was frozen shut too!

If the instruments in the screen could not be read that might explain why the digital reading has not been accepted as the lowest temperature last night?

Originally Posted by: Viking3 

I think the daily extremes page is largely automated and so manual sites and others not on the main network don;t tend to show up. If accepted it will should appear in the monthly summary. Tomintoul was mentioned as the lowest reading for December here: https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/research/climate/maps-and-data/summaries/index 

Although in fact in the detailed summary that was beaten by Braemar on New Year's Eve:

https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/binaries/content/assets/metofficegovuk/pdf/weather/learn-about/uk-past-events/summaries/mwr_2025_12_for_print_2.pdf 

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

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Rob K
10 January 2026 11:09:58
January 9:

Lowest maximum temperature Aviemore -4.1 °C

Lowest minimum temperature Braemar -12.3 °C

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

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