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Found this absolute gigantic bit of ice (there was an even larger one too) whilst on a walk in Chelmsford today. Never seen such a massive bit of ice. BBC weather - predicting some VERY mild temps next week for my area and the general SE region - 16/17C. However, all the other forecasters and data show something more like 13/14C.

This is actually in some ways more significant than the 2018 "beast from the east" given we've had the coldest temp in 25 years, though admittedly that spell in 2018 was mostly in march so more significant? who knows

BBC weather showing consistent 10/11C next week. I'm fine with this cold weather. What a stark contrast to last February, and the one before where we had 21.2C in London! This time last year the daffodils were out in their prime

-8C tonight here in south Essex - probably coldest since 2018. Very rare to get those sort of tempreatures down here outside of the most rural areas, especially today. Lots of snow still out. The size of some icicles! I was initally worried when this started late last week the snow wouldn't settle - as it hadn't that day until mid morning. Turned out to be much better and prolonged than I expected.

Bit late, but... Was initally d issapointed yesterday as it snowed throughout the night, but cos it had been so wet before it didn't start settling until late morning./early afternoon. A day later, its still snowing and has settled, probably most signfiicant snow event since 2018 or 2019. Not quite the "beast from the east" though. And here is the week's forecast. Multiple ice days, first time probably since 2018. -5/-6C on Wednesday! Coldest in a very long time. This forecast could be for a Eastern European city like Minsk or Warsaw, not southern Essex

Bloody hell, weekend/next week looks frigid! This is in the southeast!

Obviously climate is different to weather, but its always ironic how whenever the Met Office say "snow will become a thing of the past", there is heavy snowfall both in Britain and europe.

How can there be snow just a few miles down the road from me but nothing here? All forecast says its snowing but theres nothing

Understandably there is dissapointment today that many forecasted snow for areas turned out to be heavy rain - places just a few miles from me within the London area had no snow at all! Personally, I'm happy with what we got here in southern Essex - first signfiicant snow event since 2019, and it's probably not significant by northern standards, buty consdiering the only snow we got last year was a morning of snow/sleet which did not settle, i'm quite happy to see an inch or two of snow on the ground, and that nice crunching sound you get wearing boots as you walk through it. Hopefully we get more snow - this winter IMO is the best we've had since 2018, quite a lot of snow - and for europe as a whole, some places are ridiculously cold. Lows in Minsk, Belarus of -24C - a whole SIXTEEN DEGREES below average. eastern europe pretty cold, central spain very cold and snowy - snow in paris today too. Makes up for the absolutely, abysmal "winter" we had last year where cities like Berlin failed to record a single day where tempreatures reached freezing, and Moscow had to bring in fake snow for December.

Probably nothing compared to that in the north earlier this week - but it feels like winter wonderland here in Essex! Probably most significant snowfall since 2018. More than I expected. Though it is now starting to rain.

I know there's a whole host of reasons why, but its honestly ridiculous how a country as far North as us struggles to get decent accumulations of snow, if any in winter, and yet a country like Spain seems to be absolutely fine. Even in normal winters, Madrid is pretty cold (probably owing to its elevation)

https://www.theguardian.com/weather/gallery/2021/jan/09/storm-filomena-causes-rare-heavy-snow-in-spain-in-pictures

Not for the UK, but down south in Spain, huge swathes of the country are covered in snow. Madrid is seeing lows of -12C! Crazy. Many weather records of cold temperatures and snowfall likely broken.

Extremely cold day here in Essex, high of just 1C and low of -3C. A hard frost over night, the frostt is still there now! One of the coldest days here I imagine, certainly the coldest or joint coldest of this month/year/winter. Shame no snow though despite being forecasted

It’s 4C here but feels absolutely frigid! Not sure if it’s the wind chill or just compared to the mild weather recently

Cold week coming up - sleet forecast next Monday, lets see if it comes off. Highs of just 4C on Christmas Day, frost in the morning, definitely a cold one by southern standards

Mild for now but somehow the bbc is managing to predict snow two weeks in advance for the 27th. Some cold forecast just from Christmas Eve onwards actually ...similar sorts of temperatures we had at the start of the month

Very cold, no frost, but about 1/2C, extremely foggy. The weather channel and accuweather reckons it was just 1C yesterday here, not sure how accurate that is for past weather. If so, that would be the coldest maxima here since 2018

Coldest day for me since February 2019.

freezing today. High of just 3/4C and so foggy ! It’s got even foggier. Coldest day of 2020 believe it or not

We've had plenty of frost,. ground and air here in essex, and snow in the north of the county. High of just 3C tommorow. We had no significant snowfall for about two years where I was. Honestly, the UK has never had truly "snowy" winters, I think we are allowing a few harsh winters in the 20th century to cloud our judgement. The UK has never had the cold winters of continental europe. This BBC article really isn't news. I'd still be much more concerned about a lack of snow in places where there should be lots, like greenland, the arctic etc.

This made me laugh. Climate change: Snowy UK winters could become thing of the past Climate change: Snowy UK winters could become thing of the past WWW.BBC.CO.UK By the 2040s most of southern England may no longer get sub-zero days, new Met Office data suggests. when have we ever had “snowy winters” in the uk least of all southern England?

Very cold day here, I'm guessing it was around 4C max, though for some reason the weather channel has this weird phenonemon where it increases the maxima throughout the day despite other places staying at around 4/5C, it reckoned today had a high of 6/7C which is bullsh*t. It also said snow in the morning but I didn't see any. No snowm but quite a lot in north essex. However, monday is looking EXTREMELY cold - BBC and weather channel suggesting highs of 3C, but other forecasters have it as low as ONE with tempreatures remaining at freezing for most of the day. This cold is very, very early! These sort of tempreatures are still quite unusual in the middle of january and february, never mind early December.

So today for example, the maxima for my area was forecast as 4C, by the Met Office, BBC, And the weather channel. But by the end of the day, the weather channel believes it has gone as high as 7C! It usually starts this really weird change around midday. Then you see it revised down to about 2-3C lower, in the past weather. Today it felt nothing like 6 or 7C, even with a wind chill. Has anyone else had experience with this odd phenomenon, and what weather app is the beat, especially when it comes to viewing past weather?

Dissapointed there's basically no snow in south Essex, but north Essex and Cambridgeshire and parts of Norfolk are quite snowy! It's settled in places like Cambridge, Braintree and Colchester.