Coldest winter in parts of Britain since records began

[SmartKit]

The cold snap gripping Britain dragged temperatures to historic lows with Wales and Northern Ireland shivering through their coldest November night since records began, the Met Office said on Sunday.

Thermometers in Llysdinam in Powys, Wales, sank as far as -18°C while at Loch Fea in Northern Ireland they sank to -9.5°C.

In Scotland the mercury fell overnight to -15.3°C at Loch Glascarnoch, while in England a temperature of -13.5°C was recorded at Topcliffe in North Yorkshire.

The Met Office issued severe weather warnings of heavy snow for much of Scotland and northeast England. It said snowfalls of up to 25cm could accumulate on higher ground.

The cold and snow is forecast to last for a number of days, accompanied by severe frosts and icy conditions.

"The very low overnight temperatures we have seen are likely to be repeated through the coming week as the cold and snowy weather continues," said Met Office chief forecaster Steve Willington.

"As winds increase into next week, it will feel increasingly cold with a significant wind chill to contend with by day and night."

Braemar, in the Scottish Highlands, holds the prize for the UK's lowest recorded November temperature to date.

The mercury there plummeted to -23.3°C on November 14 1919.

- Reuters

http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE6AP1WN20101128

*shiver*

 

[Creag]

These temperature are seriously brrrrr!

Hopefully travel, especially air, won't be too badly affected; my step-mom-in-law (and she's the coolest ever!) is travelling back tomorrow.

 

[Alan]

Hey we had a long cold winter here too. Sutherland is still freezing and it's nearly December. Zero minimum tomorrow there again according to Weathersa.co.za

 

[Venomous]

I'm going to the UK over xmas for 2weeks

 

[MickeyD]

I'm going to the UK over xmas for 2weeks

You're gonna freeze your **** off!!


(see TK for ****)

 

[bwana]

Sure, it took a while to adjust to a summer Christmas here but I really don't miss those winters, at all.

 

[MickeyD]

Sure, it took a while to adjust to a summer Christmas here but I really don't miss those winters, at all.

Once was enough for me...

 

[Rosaudio]

Looking forward to some snow!

 

[Venomous]

You're gonna freeze your **** off!!


(see TK for ****)

:erm:

They might be really small or gone after I get back

go for 16 days.....

 

[The_Right_Honourable_Brit]

However, the warming is so far manifesting itself more in winters which are less cold than in much hotter summers. According to Dr David Viner, a senior research scientist at the climatic research unit (CRU) of the University of East Anglia,within a few years winter snowfall will become "a very rare and exciting event".

"Children just aren't going to know what snow is," he said.

Said... in the year 2000.

Snowfalls are just a thing of the past

 

[Alan]

Said... in the year 2000.

Snowfalls are just a thing of the past

Hey don't argue with the science man.....

Now you know why it's called climate change not global warming anymore.....

 

[SmartKit]

Said... in the year 2000.

Snowfalls are just a thing of the past

Tell that to the poor sod in Llysdinam ;-)

Looks like climate change... just happens.

 

[Venomous]

You're gonna freeze your **** off!!


(see TK for ****)

:erm:

That might just happen

/sulk

 

[The_Pumpkin_King]

Its 16 in jhb and people are wearing jackets, imagine -16

 

[Alan]

Its 16 in jhb and people are wearing jackets, imagine -16

Step inside a freezer to get some idea.

 

[Sherbang]

Incorrect thread title. It's not their coldest winter since records began but their coldest November night since records began.
(It has been and probably is going to get colder still)

 

[Wall]

I would not survive those temps. I am a typical Durban guy, when it's 15 degree it's freezing..

 

[BCO]

Said... in the year 2000.

Snowfalls are just a thing of the past

You realise, of course, that it's perfectly normal for scientific understanding of a phenomenon to change over the course of a decade.

Here's why winters are colder in the UK these days:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/climate/impact/gulf_stream.shtml

 

[SmartKit]

Incorrect thread title. It's not their coldest winter since records began but their coldest November night since records began.
(It has been and probably is going to get colder still)

The coldest temperature recorded was -27.2°C in Altnaharra, Highland. But then that wasn't the coldest winter just the coldest night.

 

[SmartKit]

You realise, of course, that it's perfectly normal for scientific understanding of a phenomenon to change over the course of a decade.

Here's why winters are colder in the UK these days:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/climate/impact/gulf_stream.shtml

Hehehe, I saw a great quote about that kind of thing today:

"If it's to hot it's global warming, if it's too cold it's global warming, if it rains too much it's global warming, if there's a drought it's global warming. Don't know about you, but in Canada we call it the seasons."