Relativistic

Feb 2004 was 11.4°C to the 5th (see Roger's post above).

What have you been reading? I haven't seen anyone suggest that the month as a whole has been cold. I think the colder spell was best in the south-east. The CET zone didn't fare too badly either, with four daily means at or below 0°C and three minima below -5°C. It has nothing on last month, but at least we've had some cold to speak of (unlike many winter months of recent years).

Ideally I'd have both, but if I had to choose one then I'd always pick cold over snow. Was a delightful period of weather IMO.

Looks like it. The 17th has been adjusted upwards to -1.3°C, and our marginal subzero day on the 18th is no more, now showing 0.1°C.

I personally would include 0.0°C as 'subzero' because the error is finite and so it could have been. Akin to giving the striker the benefit of the doubt during a marginal offside decision.. or so it used to be.

2012/13: 14 (including a '-0.0', which I can only assume was subzero to the second decimal place) 11/12: -0.9 12/12: -2.4 13/12: -0.5 13/1: -0.0 16/1: -2.8 17/1: -1.8 18/1: -1.0 19/1: -0.8 20/1: -0.3 21/1: -0.3 22/1: -1.2 23/1: -0.3 25/1: -0.4 11/3: -0.5 2017/18: 7 (excluding a '0.0' on 10/12/2017, which I can only assume was above zero to the second decimal place) 12/12: -0.4 26/2: -0.1 27/2: -1.0 28/2: -3.5 1/3: -3.7 (date record) 2/3: -2.3 17/3: -1.0 2022/23: 12 (as of today) 8/12: -1.1 9/12: -0.8 10/12: -0.5 11/12: -1.4 12/12: -1.9 13/12: -2.3 14/12: -2.5 15/12: -4.4 16/12: -2.6 17/12: -1.3 17/1: -1.4 18/1: -0.2

A second subzero mean: -0.2°C yesterday. Min was cold again at -5.5°C. I noticed that the figures for the 17th have been adjusted to a mean of -1.4°C and a min of -5.7°C, so perhaps yesterday's figures are still subject to change.

Not true, I remember that period very fondly. CET values: 2012-01-29 1.3 2012-01-30 1.3 2012-01-31 -0.1 2012-02-01 0.6 2012-02-02 -1.2 2012-02-03 -2.2 2012-02-04 -2.8 2012-02-05 -0.2 2012-02-06 2.3 2012-02-07 1.0 2012-02-08 -2.3 2012-02-09 -1.1 2012-02-10 -0.6 2012-02-11 -2.7 2012-02-12 -0.2 Mean CET of -0.5C over a 15-day period.

At the other end of the spectrum, the Isle of Man did pretty well last night

-1.5°C mean yesterday. Min was a chilly -5.9°C.

As should nobody.

Possibly a subzero mean today.

The UK seems to be warming faster than the global average. I suppose the average position of the jet stream is (or was) right over us; any slight shifts north will therefore affect us disproportionately.

Sounds like a more-protracted version of my experience as a teenager. I missed the snow in April 2008 as I was abroad, but every year from 2009 to 2013 featured excellent snowfalls. Then 2013/14 came as a massive shock.. especially after 2012/13 spoilt us with five notable snow events (early December, mid-January, early February, early March, late March). I was 17 when 2013/14 rolled around and all I had known through my years at secondary school was winter = snow. I was gutted.

I started taking note of the weather in 2010. Of every year since then, it has to be 2018 -- not only because of the weather but also because of how life events tied in with it. I have next to zero memory of January and February (bar the final few days of that period). Early March was stonkingly cold and snowy back in my then Birmingham. Think we topped out at around -4°C on the 1st, which is almost unthinkable in March. Later that month we had another excellent snow event which coincided with a drunken ball night. I won't ever forget stumbling home with a mate in full black tie at God knows what time. It was pristinely quiet and beautiful, or it would've been had it not been for the two of us laughing our arses off every time we ended up face first in the snow. April featured that phenomenal early heat which I also have fond memories of. It was made all the more strange by the fact that the trees were completely bare after the bone-chilling weather in March. May was another month that goes down in my memory because it was the only time in my life that I witnessed flash flooding. Two hours of non-stop heavy rainfall meant that roads were underwater and the Bourne brook near my house had turned from a calm trickle to a raging, roaring torrent. My eyes and ears simply weren't prepared for that. The sheer noise and ferocity of the thing was completely unforgettable. Otherwise, May on the whole was extremely sunny -- perfectly timed for my Master's-year exam period, which I spent almost all of inside. My exams were over by early June and I had a glorious month of partying, barbequing, and summery weather to enjoy. The remainder of the summer was bone dry and searingly hot in Essex, where I spent most of my time. The grass in the local park was brown and dessicated for weeks and weeks. It's not uncommon for browning in the summer down in Essex, but that was on an incomparable level of severity and protraction to anything I've ever witnessed before. My memory becomes hazy thereafter. I moved to Edinburgh in September to begin my PhD and the remainder of the year is a blur because I spent half of it drunk

Isn't Netweather a form of social media?

Re the English low, see Aleman's post a couple of pages back: England possibly got a -15C out of this.

Anyone know the minima for each UK country? Also, how did Ireland do?

Agree, some are really underselling this cold spell. I love snow but as long as it feels and looks Arctic outside I'm happy. I've seen some of the thickest frosts of my life during this spell; it's been nothing but beautiful. Ten consecutive subzero means is somewhat rare, especially this early in the season.

We've done it -- ten consecutive subzero means!

Impressive when considered in this context. Not the best comparison to make, but another interesting statistic is the fact that this December's current mean minimum would place it fifth in the rankings. This, of course, won't last.

This is only true if the sun's shining. We had lying snow for around a week in Essex after the equinox in 2013. On a separate note, I find myself laughing hysterically at the first 'winter is over' posts already appearing. And some posters seem absolutely certain that it'll be extremely mild till early January... over two weeks away.

I arrived in Chelmsford last night and the conditions were treacherous on the roads to the north, freezing fog everywhere and extremely cold as you mentioned.

The Netweather tracker currently has Benson at -13°C. Would beat England's previous low if correct.

January 2013 had a run of eight days on both the legacy and current values. Before that you're looking at December 2010 for a longer run. Just to reiterate what others have already said in the December CET thread, yesterday's mean was -2.0C, thus securing our five-day run (AFAIK the current values aren't subject to corrections).