"David Buttery" wrote in message
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WeatherOnline gives -17.7C for Aviemore at 08.00; that's
frustratingly
close to zero Fahrenheit! Going by the list of coldest days of each
year
on Trevor Harley's site, if confirmed it would seem to be the
coldest UK
temperature since 2003:

http://www.personal.dundee.ac.uk/~ta...ldest_days.htm

.... according to the SYNOP report (see below) the 1800-0600GMT min
was -18.0°C (the group 21180); it may have gone even lower of course
before the NCM return at 09Z, but we can't see those
200902090550 AAXX 09064 03063 17971 /0201 11172 21191 39700 49999
54000 69902 778// 90550
333 21180 3/101 4/027 55023 55300 20000 79999
83/62 83/65=Martin. -- Martin RowleyWest Moors,
East Dorset (UK): 17m (56ft) amslLat: 50.82N Long: 01.88W NGR: SU
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