Big Freeze - Temperatures Plummet to -18°C In Britain

Coldest night of the winter as temperatures plummet to -18°C

England has shivered through the coldest night of the winter after temperatures plummeted to sub-zero readings - even on the Fahrenheit scale.  

Meteorologists said the temperature had fallen to -0.04F (-17.8C) in Chesham, Bucks, during the early hours of Saturday morning and was expected to plunge even lower as the icy weather continued to grip large areas of Britain.

Most of England and eastern Wales dropped to below 25F (-4C), but more northerly parts of the country including Scotland and Northern Ireland escaped serious cold thanks to a warm front. 


Saturday night is also forecast to be bitterly cold in England with temperatures in London and the Midlands falling to around 21F (-6C) while milder temperatures are likely on Sunday.


The Met Office said it had probably been the coldest night in England since December 2010 with temperatures below 14F (-10C) across Lincolnshire, Cambridgeshire, Oxfordshire, Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire.