John Hall wrote:

In article ,
Graham P Davis writes:
Everton Fox this morning has said it's going to be "very cold", "bitterly
cold", "raw", with temperatures of 5 degrees. That used to be the normal
maximum for January when I was young, and it's still only a couple of
degrees below normal.

To be fair, when I went to get my morning paper at about 8am, though the
temperature was only around freezing there was a very strong NE wind,
and I felt _much_ colder than I did four or five days ago when we had
that sharp frost and it was around -4C.

It's a bit nippy in the breeze but "bitterly cold" means losing the feeling
in hands and ears after a few minutes walk. No way is it that cold.

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Graham Davis
Bracknell