- 18 degrees C

Manchester in teh South?

Manchester actually is in the southern half of Britain ;)

Anything south of Spennymoor is**ernee.

Thats just the normal daily temp here at the moment - and that doesnt include chil factor.

-11.5 at 2.30pm here when I was out in the car, Ayrshire.

I go to bulgaria next saturday, i hope the bloody airport isn't shut

my old man said to me over christmas "when i was a young fella it was a lot colder than this we just didn't have anything to measure it with" .. he was 100% serious as well

-14.5 when I walked to work this morning. My face was burning

- 18 .4 in benson oxfordshire, now thats bl**dy cold, and no let up in sight brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

are these temperatures wind chill adjusted? Because it doesn't get that cold on an island. Eva.

No wind at at all mate. That was the temperature recorded in Carlisle at 7am

im in benson,oxfordshire an seems to be coldest place in thames valley throughout autumn/winter

rustyboy, who is Eva?

anyway Greenland is an island

So's Antarctica

it's not

Eva Peron, wind chill specialst from Buenas Aires

no where near as bad as canada

Well it's a continent obv but as it's only 1 country it's an island in my book, and there's a few islands down there anyway

-20C forecast for tonight; same tomorrow night.

Illegal to throw snowballs in parts of Norway....like rocks.

This island business. The issue is not whether a place is or is not an 'island'. The issue is proximity to the sea. In winter, the sea is always warmer than the land. So coastal areas tend to be warmer than those inland which are not influenced by the warmer water. Small islands are nothing but coastal areas and therefore tend to be warmer than the inland (only the inland) areas of nearby mainland. Britain is far too big for its inland areas to be affected by the warmer surrounding seas. The Isle of Man and the Outer Hebridies are not and tend to be warmer than mainland GB.

Run the sequence at http://news.bbc.co.uk/weather/forecast/10209 for a perfect illustration.

roobishisthat 07 Jan 18:17
- 18 .4 in benson oxfordshire, now thats bl**dy cold, and no let up in sight brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

I dropped a packet of a cigs in to a river

minus 20 Benson