Your Predictions : Lowest UK temperature during this Winter

[SP1986]

-11C

[Optimus Prime]

-15.3c.

[BristolBlizzard]

-17.1 C

[Roger J Smith]

I suspect there may be one colder spell than what already happened in November, and that may be about it ... and it may not be much colder either, let's say -10 C for England and Wales, and -14 C for Scotland. This would most likely occur in the second half of January.

[BLAST FROM THE PAST]

I suspect there may be one colder spell than what already happened in November, and that may be about it ... and it may not be much colder either, let's say -10 C for England and Wales, and -14 C for Scotland. This would most likely occur in the second half of January.

That does not suggest a CET of say 2c Roger. Have you pulled away from your initial thoughts?

BFTP

[acbrixton]

Nick, I'm not sure I'd say 'common'. The number of nights in a typical winter when -10C might be breached, if not widely, at least away from obvious prone locations, was always fairly few even in cold winters.

-10C usually requires embedded and established cold, and probably a large snowfield. It doesn't tend to be a level reached in the lowlands of S England by a passing cold sector.

It would be interesting to see an actual frequency count, because I might be understating the case, but I have to say I very much doubt it.

Anything below -15C has always been quite exceptional.

SF/Nick, I suspect that it would be more accurate to say that 'in past winters it was not uncommon for at least one station in southern England, on at least one occasion, to record a minimum of -10c or below'.

regards

ACB

P.S. 1. "not uncommon": say 3-5 winters per decade?

2. All of this not checked...

Scotland (Altnaharra, Aboyne, Braemar, Aviemore, Strathallen, Tummel Bridge [not a recording station now?]: -16

England and Wales: (Sennybridge, Leeming, Cottesmore, Benson, Shawbury): -11

First 'A' road in UK to be impassable due to snow: A93 from Cockbridge to Tomintoul; end of December

regards

ACB

[suffolkboy_]

Suffolk Boy

December 29 2005, -13.2C Ravensworth (N Yorks), where is this figure from? Don't think it's official. -12.8C at Aviemore that morning, and the RAF stations in N Yorks recorded -8C and -9C.

Hi,

In reply to your enquiry:

http://www.personal.dundee.ac.uk/~taharley/coldest_days.htm

Not a bad website for a variety of British data.

Here's the homepage.....

http://www.personal.dundee.ac.uk/~taharley/britweather.htm

[lesta_snow]

-30.1c Highlands

-26.4c Northern England

-11.3 Ireland (North and south)

-27.3c Wales

-28.9 Midlands

-29.4 East Anglia

-27.3c South East

-19.9c South West

Thats My Expectation Hahe =]

[The PIT]

-12C somewhere in Scotland followed by a heatwave.

[damianslaw]

Well have to say quite pleased with the level of response so far, as I said in the original message you all have until 10th december to get those bets in.

Its nice people are also quoting places but the real prediction is for temperature. I'll give a rundown come the 11th of everyones prediction.

[PersianPaladin]

-13C

[Bartlett Low]

-13.6 somewhere in Scotland

[rossco89]

I`ll go for -20 up here in Scotland. I have seen -30 here where i live and i never want it to be at that again, nothing worked.

[Norrance]

I will go for -18.1 at Braemar or Dalwhinnie.

For those who do not know the record is -27.2C, recorded twice at Braemar and most recently on Dec 30th 1995 at Altnaharra.

[West is Best]

-19.4C

[Duncan McAlister]

I`ll go for -20 up here in Scotland. I have seen -30 here where i live and i never want it to be at that again, nothing worked.

I'd hazard a guess you don't mean Ayr :blink:

[paul tall]

-18.5, usual suspects like Aviemore, Altnaharra for the low.

About -2.5 in Newton Aycliffe.

[rossco89]

I'd hazard a guess you don't mean Ayr :blink:

I live in Dalrymple, just ouside Ayr. It was -30 here years ago, i was about 5. Our pipes froze as well as the mains water, no electicity, no heating. it was a nightmare, the car wouldnt start and it was a night mare. The river was frozen over as well, something thats never happened since.

[Evening thunder]

-52.7 the day after tomorrow!

neh me thinks about -19 somwhere in scotand and a very cold two nights brining -17.7 and -18.2 somwhere across the midlands or the east of wales

Edited November 28, 2007 by StormMad26

[Michael Winston]

A complete guess-

-18.5 C somewhere in the Scottish Highlands.

Cluelessly yours,

Mike.

[Rollo]

These guesses are fun but pointless really-however I will go for -19.7 somewhere in gods country(Scotland).

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I live in Dalrymple, just ouside Ayr. It was -30 here years ago, i was about 5. Our pipes froze as well as the mains water, no electicity, no heating. it was a nightmare, the car wouldnt start and it was a night mare. The river was frozen over as well, something thats never happened since.

it wasnt -30C, the coldest it has ever been is -27C, and that wasnt in Ayr.

[rossco89]

it wasnt -30C, the coldest it has ever been is -27C, and that wasnt in Ayr.

thats the coldest thats officially been recorded, there are many places that have probably seen colder, especially in the Highland valleys.

[SNOW-MAN2006]

Can i just ask why are we doing this? ? ? :huh:

Ahwell, lol, i think that we wont see any real cold cold so a minima low of around -12 up in the highlands somewhere :S (my scottish geography isnt very good)

SM06

[lesta_snow]

Whats the coldest temperature ever recorded? *on earth*

and like i said earlier i think the lowest temp will get to the magic -30 :huh: