Teeth chatter in Topcliffe as winter bites
YORKSHIRE recorded its coldest night of the winter so far as temperatures plummeted and fog cloaked large parts of the region.
Temperatures in Topcliffe in North Yorkshire fell to minus 6.8C (19.8F) on Saturday evening and into the early hours of yesterday, making it the coldest location in England.
Despite the freezing cold temperature, the thermometer still has a long way to fall to beat the record for the coldest night in Yorkshire since records began. This was in December 2010, when temperatures in Topcliffe dropped to minus 19C (minus 2.2F).
The Met Office revealed high pressure will dominate the weather across Yorkshire for the next few days. Temperatures were expected to fall to minus 2C (28.4F) yesterday evening, particularly in rural areas of the county.
DESPITE Yorkshire recording its coldest night of the winter so far over the weekend, temperatures across the region are expected to rise over the coming week, forecasters have said.
Today is expected to be largely dry with sunny spells developing, which will be increasingly prolonged across some of the eastern parts of the region – a stark contrast to the weekend when Topcliffe, in North Yorkshire, recorded the coldest night of this winter as temperatures fell to minus 6.8C (19.8F).
A Met Office spokesman said: “A few of the western Pennine hills will stay rather cloudy and breezy and hill fog and drizzle is possible. The maximum temperature will be around 8C (46.4F), which is around the average for this time of the year.”
Temperatures will naturally be a bit colder on the coast, with highs of 4C (39.2F) forecast for Bridlington and Scarborough.
Early frost is expected tomorrow morning with cloud and light rain or drizzle spreading south-east across the region.
Wednesday and Thursday are expected to be even milder, but mainly dry with some sunny intervals.
Across the country, Northern Ireland also experienced its coldest night of the winter on Saturday night when temperatures fell to minus 6.2C (20.8F), while the mercury hovered around minus 1C across London.
The Met Office also said a fog warning had been put in place over sections of the West Midlands and North-West.
A mid-range cold weather alert was issued by Public Health England from 6pm yesterday to 6pm tomorrow and the organisation urged people to prepare for cold weather conditions and to look out for those most at risk.
A few of the Pennine hills will stay rather cloudy and breezy.
Met Office spokesman on the weather forecast for Yorkshire today.