Britain freezes on the coldest October night for 17 years as mercury plummets to -6C
Given the unexpectedly cold nights Britain has been enduring over the last few days, you'd be forgiven for thinking it was January instead of October.
It will come as no surprise then that the wintry conditions made last night the coldest in October for 17 years in some regions.
Temperatures in West Freugh in south-west Scotland dipped to a bone-rattling -5.2C, falling below the previous record of -5.1C which was endured in October 1993.
But it was even colder in Sennybridge, south Wales, where the mercury dropped to -6.4C, beating the -6.2C record set 13 years ago in 1997.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1323484/Britain-braves-coldest-October-night-17-years-mercury-plummets-freezing.html#ixzz13PK2gJIP
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