UK temperatures plunged to minus 21.4C on coldest night in a decade
manchestereveningnews.co.ukdirect to your inboxTemperatures plunged to below minus 21C overnight, the lowest in the UK in more than a decade, following an 'extreme freeze'.The mercury dropped to minus 21.4C in Braemar, Aberdeenshire.That's the coldest temperature recorded in the UK since December 2, 2010, when it dropped to minus 21.3C in Altnaharra in the Scottish Highlands.The Met Office said the last time a temperature below minus 20C was recorded in the UK was December 23, 2010.In Manchester temperatures fell to minus 5C in the early hours of Thursday.Despite the overnight freeze rest of Thursday could become 'quite pleasant outside with the sunshine, although still bitterly cold' in western areas, according to Met Office meteorologist Clare Nasir.Highs of 2C are.
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