As many will be aware, it is 18 years since the great cold spell of January
1987 which delivered daytime maximums below -5C.
I had -8C and I believe that a maximum of -9.1C was recorded in Surrey
or Sussex. Apparently this spell delivered the coldest 48 hour period in
Britain since 1740.
Does anyone have any idea what the lowest daytime maximum temperature
recorded in the UK home counties actually is?
Notice that I said home counties. I know that in Scotland Braemar holds
the Scottish record with a maximum of -19C in January 1982. To us lot in
East Anglia and the home counties area, that is just academic really.
To get an idea one has to look at the months of

January 1684

January 1740.

January 1795.

January 1814

February 1895.

Those are the months that I can think of. I may have left one or 2 out.


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