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| Coldest winter in UK for 13 years | Coldest winter in UK for 13 years |
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| The UK had its coldest winter for 13 years, bucking a recent trend of mild temperatures, the Met Office has said. | The UK had its coldest winter for 13 years, bucking a recent trend of mild temperatures, the Met Office has said. |
| The average mean temperature across December, January and February was 3.1C - the lowest since the winter beginning in 1995, which averaged 2.5C. | The average mean temperature across December, January and February was 3.1C - the lowest since the winter beginning in 1995, which averaged 2.5C. |
| February started very cold as the heaviest snowfall for 18 years swept in, but temperatures ended up average. | February started very cold as the heaviest snowfall for 18 years swept in, but temperatures ended up average. |
| Peter Stott, of the Met Office, said despite this year's chill, the trend to milder, wetter winters would continue. | Peter Stott, of the Met Office, said despite this year's chill, the trend to milder, wetter winters would continue. |
| He said snow and frost would become less of a feature in the future. | He said snow and frost would become less of a feature in the future. |
| "The famously cold winter of 1962/63 is now expected to occur about once every 1,000 years or more, compared with approximately every 100 or 200 years before 1850," he said. | "The famously cold winter of 1962/63 is now expected to occur about once every 1,000 years or more, compared with approximately every 100 or 200 years before 1850," he said. |
| LOWEST EVER UK TEMPERATURES Scotland: -27.2 degrees Celsius (Braemar, Aberdeenshire 1895 & 1982 and Altnaharra, Highlands 1995)England: -26.1 (Newport, Shropshire 1982)Wales: -23.3 (Rhayader, Powys 1940)Northern Ireland: -17.5 (Magherally, Co Down 1979) | |
| The Met Office added that global warming had prevented this winter from being even colder. | The Met Office added that global warming had prevented this winter from being even colder. |
| In December across the whole of the UK, the average temperature was 3.1C - 1.1 degrees below the long-term average for this time of year. | In December across the whole of the UK, the average temperature was 3.1C - 1.1 degrees below the long-term average for this time of year. |
| The following month it was 2.8C - 0.6 degrees below average, and in February the average temperature was 0.2 degrees above average at 3.6C. | The following month it was 2.8C - 0.6 degrees below average, and in February the average temperature was 0.2 degrees above average at 3.6C. |
| The lowest night time minimum temperature this winter was recorded in Aviemore in the Scottish Highlands at -18.4C. | The lowest night time minimum temperature this winter was recorded in Aviemore in the Scottish Highlands at -18.4C. |
| Benson in Oxfordshire recorded -11.8C followed by Shap Fell in Cumbria at -11.3C and South Farnborough in Hampshire at -10.8C. | Benson in Oxfordshire recorded -11.8C followed by Shap Fell in Cumbria at -11.3C and South Farnborough in Hampshire at -10.8C. |
| The lowest ever recorded temperature in the UK was -27.2C in Braemar, Aberdeenshire, in 1895 and 1982, and in Altnaharra, Sutherland, in 1995. | The lowest ever recorded temperature in the UK was -27.2C in Braemar, Aberdeenshire, in 1895 and 1982, and in Altnaharra, Sutherland, in 1995. |