"Martin Rowley" wrote in message
...
... was 5.2°C, amongst the coldest places across Britain last night. Not
unusual for this site to be cold - for example, these are the minima for
the last few years for August:-
2003: 5.0, 2004: 6.9, 2005: 6.4, 2006: 4.6, 2007: 5.5

Martin, Hurn had 4.5°C on 1 Aug 1976 -- a well-known cold night --
possibly the lowest there during the first half of the month.

It's easier to get low mins at the end of the month, of course,
and Hurn's min on 30 August 1964 was 2.5°C. Not sure
whether this is the record, and don't have time today to do
an exhaustive check.

Philip