Minimum Temperature Watch 2024-2025 season

[damianslaw]

Time for the annual minimum temp watch thread for the new season. I've started it earlier than usual, given we have had a number of cold mins early this season, and tonight looks a cold one, probably recording lowest min of season so far.

Please someone post the current lowest min recorded this Autumn, and also the England and Wales and Scottish low of last year for comparison.

Use this thread to record your lowest min of season so far, a watch on lowest min for Scotland and England and Wales so far.. and your guesses on lowest min for Scotland and England/Wales where and when.

My thoughts, Altnaharra -18 degrees, some point second half of January.

England Shap, -16 degrees either mid December or late Jan, have a feeling December will produce some preety cold weather. 

[damianslaw]

This thread has fallen on death ears it seems.. resurrecting, post your thoughts please.

Someone post the current mins for Scotland and England and Wales, thanks.  

[Cymro]

Wales Sennybridge - 17.9

[Harry233]

December 2024:

England: -9.3.C (14th) Emley Moor

Wales: -7.4.C (29th) Sennybridge

Scotland: -12.8.C (15th) Dalwhinnie

January 2025

England: -15.6.C (20th) Morpeth

Wales: -10.4.C (20th) Sennybridge

Scotland: -24.2.C (22nd) Aviemore

February 2025

England: -6.7.C (10th) Oxford

Wales: -7.0.C (2nd) Trawsgoed

Scotland: -8.3.C (8th) Braemar

I have a feeling Scotland and the far north of England is going to have an exceptionally cold and snowy January next year probably even worse than 2010. However I don’t think winter 2024/25 overall will be a cold one expect in the north. I think there will be brief wintry spells in every month but overall it’ll be a rather mild and settled winter

[stewfox]

Confused is this fur factual or guess temps ? 

I'll put Benson Oxfordshire -12.7c 9th Feb on my birthday.  I plan to be in Iceland. 

 

[damianslaw]

 stewfox For both, its the watching and reporting low min thread and place to guess. 

[Sceptical]

The coldest temperature I've observed so far this autumn was -5c around Kenethmont Aberdeenshire couple of weeks back. A reminder that parts of Scotland can still get very cold.

9th Feb 2021

Alford, Aberdeenshire.

 

Edited October 30, 2024 by Sceptical

[damianslaw]

Resurrecting this thread, very little activity so far, not surprising given how mild nights have been.

However,  chillier period is on the cards and rolling minimum temp watch is needed.

As asked please can someone post the current England and Scotland mins of the season since September. 

 

[Sawel]

 damianslaw

England: Topcliffe -2.7C

Wales: Sennybridge -3.5C

Scotland: Braemar and Aboyne -4.1C

N. Ireland: Katesbridge -2.7C

FWIW, My Met-Office site (Tealing) has recorded the joint coldest grass minimum temperature of the season so far. I recorded -7.5C on October 14th and same again on the 15th. Copley also recorded -7.5C on the 14th.

My air minimum temp on the 14th was -3.0C and on the 15th it was -2.3C.

Met-Office monthly report for October 2024

Edited November 10, 2024 by Sawel

[damianslaw]

 Sawel Thanks for these statistics. 

[damianslaw]

These temps should easily be challenged next week.

Topcliffe was -2 early this morning. 

[Aleman]

Much colder than predicted this evening around here. It's already sub zero in Yorkshire and the Peak District so could be a new low for the season in England tonight. Thixendale -1.0C and probably too high to get held back by fog if cloud stays away?

[Sawel]

Overnight Sunday should bring the coldest temperatures of the season so far. 

[damianslaw]

BBC mentioned a possible -8 early hours for somewhere in Scotland. England should see a few lowest minimas this week. Indeed many will if not already record their first air frost.

Keep the absolute minima recordings coming. 

[damianslaw]

Widely coldest temp of season recorded this morning. Shap I think on -6.3 right now..

 

[Aleman]

There are a few around -6C in England so Shap might get beaten. Scotland has -7.2C at Tulloch Bridge.

[Harry233]

-5.8.C this morning in Perth. Not quite the coldest temperature but lowest temperature this late in the year since 2019. 

[TonyH]

 Harry233 You not had lower in December since then?

[Sawel]

Tulloch Bridge -7.8C overnight.

The western side of the Highlands had the lightest winds. On the eastern side the wind wasn't quite light enough for temps to drop as low. Overnight Friday I think the eastern side of the Highlands will break -7.8C with Braemar looking the favourite.

Edited November 18, 2024 by Sawel

[Sawel]

I think tonight could run -7.8C close across the usual cold spots in the Highlands. 

[Harry233]

 TonyH worded it wrong apologies. I meant this is the earliest in November I’ve recorded a minima this low since 2019 Definitely had much lower in December as well. I do live in a very frost prone area as well. Potentially colder tonight I think!

[damianslaw]

-6.3 Shap coldest England min so far. -7.8 Tulloch Bridge coldest overall in UK so far.

Tonight likely to be colder.

Good going for this early in the season.

Keep the watch going. 

[Sawel]

Loch Glascarnoch -8.3C already.

[damianslaw]

 Sawel Gosh, might go down to -10 degrees. 

[Sawel]

 damianslaw Dropped back a little to -7.7C but Braemar is falling and is now at -7.5C. 

Edited November 18, 2024 by Sawel