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I missed the ice bridge from Greenland to Iceland earlier this month:

Talking of Lake Erie last week: Large ice balls wash ashore at Lake Erie WWW.BBC.CO.UK The phenomenon was seen in Ontario, which has been hit with freezing temperatures this winter season.

North American snow only looks to be slightly below average, after several quite high years, making it feel like it is much lower than it should be when it's actually not far off. However, adding to that, the low anomaly periods have been during what are usually the colder months. Without big snowfields to drop temperatures sharply during the longest nights, presumably that means the marginal ice areas in the Great Lakes see less or no ice formed. (Did they go into autumn with higher temperatures this year?) The Northern Hemisphere is not far from average.

Altnaharra hit a new low for this winter for itself and the main Met Office stations of -13.8C.

Lower snow looks to be mostly down to North American swings. Take that out and the rest is, and has been, pretty average.

I noted Is-Y-Coed with -8.5C on December 1st so I think you'll find the lowest for Wales has been very recent.

Yorkshire hills got snow for those that missed it. There was not much but there were slight signs if drifting in the wind. The roads cleared today but you can see on these live feeds where wind has blown a modest amount back onto the roads. The road from Pickering to Whitby was closed for a while yesterday.. North York Moors Dales

We were not sure which ones counted in Scotland. Of the regular suspects, Altnaharra had -12.6C but there were a couple of less familiar stations hit -15.0C if you look back on this thread. In England it was -9.4C at Shap. That is currently -6.8C so beating its own low looks very possible. Whilst many moan about the lack of snow in the current cold snap on their own doorstep, there is plenty on northern hills that seems to be driving down temperatures such that new lows for winter look probable tonight. Edit - whoops! I missed Shap's -10.5C this morning And some might find Lerwick's -7.0C of interest.

I'd expect a new low for England give the way it it plummeting here in the Vale of York. I've gone from a 2.6C high to the current -3.3C in around 3 hours. Anything like that in the usual cold spots should see new lows.

Looking dodgy on hills with even more coming in soon and temperatures starting to drop again: North York Moors (A169 Pickering to Whitby has been closed) Dales

Not quite there last night - a few degrees off in Scotland but Benson only 1.1C off England's and Shap's previous -9.4C. It's snowing in Northwest England which will help drop temperatures tonight, where cloud clears. Minimum Temperature Last 24h 01/16/2024 at 08:00 UTC No.LocationStation IDAmount 1Tulloch Bridge (United Kingdom)03047 -10.5°C 2Aonach Mor (United Kingdom)03041 -10.4°C 3Cairnwell (United Kingdom)03072-9.1°C 4Benson (United Kingdom)03658 -8.3°C 5Bournemouth Airport (United Kingdom)03862 -7.8°C 6Aboyne (United Kingdom)03080 -7.5°C 7Charlwood (United Kingdom)03769 -7.4°C 8Loch Glascarnoch (United Kingdom)03031 -7.3°C 9Exeter Airport No2 (United Kingdom)03844 -7.2°C 10Spadeadam (United Kingdom)03224 -7.1°C 11Bealach Na Ba No2 (United Kingdom)03039 -6.8°C 12Warcop Range (United Kingdom)03226 -6.8°C 13Shap (United Kingdom)03225 -6.5°C 14Larkhill (United Kingdom)03743 -6.4°C 15Northolt (United Kingdom)03672 -6.3°C

It was -10.0C at Tulloch Bridge this morning. With more widepread snow and lighter winds,there is a good chance of lower tonight somewhere in Scotland. Northern England is already 3-4C colder tonight though has a bit more to do to get to a new English low.

Looks about right. We've seen sea turn slushy down the English East Coast in a cold snap I forget exactly when, so Ice on shallow waters of western Denmark could be expected given how cold and snowy it has been there. DMi picks up the sub-zero sea temperature in places. Other sources shows pockets of frozen sea in the islands of the Danish straight and up near Gothenberg.

Forecasts suggest a similar winter storm is coming to Texas next Monday/Tuesday that might make it a touch further south. (I have family there that keep a few farm animals and tip them off sometimes.)