Brits could be facing the coldest February night since the 1940s with a warning the mercury could fall as low as minus 20C. After recording the coldest night in the UK in 11 years forecasters are now warning it could be about to get even worse, with five more days of bitingly cold weather.
Temperatures plunged to -16.7C in Altnaharra in the Scottish Highlands early on Tuesday morning, the coldest recorded since 2010, but there could be worse to come on Thursday.
Almost all parts of the country are set to see a sub zero freeze in the coming days amid ongoing severe weather warnings for snow and ice.
And Met Office forecaster Simon Partridge told The Mirror that in the early hours of Thursday morning temperatures could get as low as -20C
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