Would it reach Joe B's 50°C!?
No, really. The current charts are the best we've seen thus far. Of course, during the 08/09 and 09/10 winters really everything looked better. But we can't have a really good winter like those every year (by the way: in Holland, those winters weren't as cold (relative) as in the UK; we haven't had a single officialy cold winter during the last 15 years by now!).
Though, don't give up, with the current developments in mind. Maybe february will give us a nice snowy surprise!