The lowest temp recorded overnight was -6degC @ 06.30 this morning.
It is now a balmy -3 deg C ;-)

Cheers
Don

On Nov 29, 9:47*am, Donwill wrote:
The lowest temp recorded overnight *was -6degC @ 06.30 this morning.
It is now a balmy -3 deg C ;-)

Not at all nice! Loughborough recorded -9.9C the night before last
and it was -8.5C in one garden there at 8.30am yesterday. That
reminds me of the serious winter cold of '81/'82, which was
devastating in the Midlands if not anywhere else. I moved south
shortly after that and can't imagine how it would be to have to live
through it again. Due to cloud cover here last night, it dipped to
2.1C at around 2am, rose to 3C by 5am, dropped back down to 2.2C
between 7 and 9am before rising to the current 3C (10am). That's bad
enough for me and I'd hate to have to endure worse. I just hope it
warms up before Christmas, when I do my annual northbound trek to
visit my family.

On Nov 29, 10:04*am, Dave Poole wrote:
On Nov 29, 9:47*am, Donwill wrote:

The lowest temp recorded overnight *was -6degC @ 06.30 this morning.
It is now a balmy -3 deg C ;-)

Not at all nice! *Loughborough recorded -9.9C *the night before last
and it was -8.5C in one garden there at 8.30am yesterday. *That
reminds me of the serious winter cold of '81/'82, which was
devastating in the Midlands if not anywhere else. *I moved south
shortly after that and can't imagine how it would be to have to live
through it again. *Due to cloud cover here last night, it dipped to
2.1C at around 2am, rose to 3C by 5am, dropped back down to 2.2C
between 7 and 9am before rising to the current 3C (10am). *That's bad
enough for me and I'd hate to have to endure worse. *I just hope it
warms up before Christmas, when I do my annual northbound trek to
visit my family.

Here in the Swansea area it went down to 28f last night, it had gone
below freezing by 4pm and when I checked a few minutes ago, that was
at around 10am it had just got above freezing so I am off out to try
to lift some of the tree dahlias, just hope the frost hasn't got to
far into the ground yet.
The problem is that they have large tuber system, and it is as much as
I can do tro get 1 tuber into a carrier bag.
The forecast is for the frost to carry on all week.
Ugh!!!
David

"Dave Hill" wrote in message
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On Nov 29, 10:04 am, Dave Poole wrote:
On Nov 29, 9:47 am, Donwill wrote:

The lowest temp recorded overnight was -6degC @ 06.30 this morning.
It is now a balmy -3 deg C ;-)

Not at all nice! Loughborough recorded -9.9C the night before last
and it was -8.5C in one garden there at 8.30am yesterday. That
reminds me of the serious winter cold of '81/'82, which was
devastating in the Midlands if not anywhere else. I moved south
shortly after that and can't imagine how it would be to have to live
through it again. Due to cloud cover here last night, it dipped to
2.1C at around 2am, rose to 3C by 5am, dropped back down to 2.2C
between 7 and 9am before rising to the current 3C (10am). That's bad
enough for me and I'd hate to have to endure worse. I just hope it
warms up before Christmas, when I do my annual northbound trek to
visit my family.

Here in the Swansea area it went down to 28f last night, it had gone
below freezing by 4pm and when I checked a few minutes ago, that was
at around 10am it had just got above freezing so I am off out to try
to lift some of the tree dahlias, just hope the frost hasn't got to
far into the ground yet.
The problem is that they have large tuber system, and it is as much as
I can do tro get 1 tuber into a carrier bag.
The forecast is for the frost to carry on all week.
Ugh!!!
David

Maybe I should move south. I am in supposedly mild North Wales, only a few
miles inland from the coast. My thermometer says it was -12C overnight and
it is -6 in the shade now. The sun is out and it looks pretty but the ice
will have to evaporate not thaw!

"Donwill" wrote in message
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The lowest temp recorded overnight was -6degC @ 06.30 this morning.
It is now a balmy -3 deg C ;-)

Minus 14.1C here last night over about 16" of snow, rose to a max of -6.6C
but falling again and snowing heavily. Managed to dig the car out this
morning and got to the village for milk, papers and sweeties. All tender
plants snug in the greenhouse, but I hate to think what it is costing me!

Phil
Northern Highlands of Scotland

And down here in balmy Whittington the overnight got to -10c and the CH boiler came on as it was in danger of freezing. Been hovering about 1c. all day until dark when it dropped like a stone. Snow forecast for tonight and the next few days.
Look at it this way, the weather like this does kill off a fair number of garden pests!

In article , Phil
Gurr writes
Minus 14.1C here last night over about 16" of snow, rose to a max of -6.6C


Blinkin' heck Phil, that's cold!! Your fuel bill will be HUGE. Do you
bubble wrap the greenhouse at all ?
--
Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk

"Janet Tweedy" wrote in message
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In article , Phil Gurr
writes
Minus 14.1C here last night over about 16" of snow, rose to a max of -6.6C


Blinkin' heck Phil, that's cold!! Your fuel bill will be HUGE. Do you
bubble wrap the greenhouse at all ?

No, up here we are used to these sort of temperatures in the winter - it's
just that this year it has come very early. Light is out biggest problem
with much lower light levels than down south until March. As I take the
majority of my chrysanth cuttings in early February, I need as much light as
I can get at this time of year.

Phil
Northern Highlands of Scotland