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Jonathan Powell, senior forecaster with Positive Weather Solutions, said icy conditions were on the way back by the middle of next week after a brief weekend thaw. He said plummeting temperatures could even surpass the -27.2C (-17F) recorded in Braemar in 1982 – the coldest temperature in Britain.
Here, central Canada, yesterday it was -20. This morning it had dipped down to -35 celcius.
Jonathan Powell said the prolonged cold snap would leave Britain “the coldest country in the northern hemisphere” and “on a par with Siberia”. He said: “By next weekend, winds are turning northerly and there will be a true Arctic blast sweeping the country. Snow will fall as far as Bodmin in the South-west.
On par with Siberia might be a bit of a stretch. Parts of Siberia get way colder than Canada ever does, and in the north and middle, we seem to average -20, which isn't too bad, to -40, which is way too cold. Then add on wind chill some days.
From Wikipedia: "With a lowest record temperature of −71.2 °C (−96.2 °F), Oymyakon (Sakha Republic) has the distinction of being the coldest town on Earth."
Now that's way, way, way too cold.
Millions of Britons are being forced to turn down their thermostats as gas and electricity prices spiral.
Hopefully it's illegal for the power companies to turn off power in the winter, no matter what the cost. This is not the year to skimp on heat.
S&F Raj. you're right something is going on with the weather, its not just over there though, I live in Northern MN, The tip of Lake Superior
actually. Right now, it's for sure one of the coldest winters we've had in a while starting out here, the high today was -10 without wind chill.
And its horribly dry here as well with lots of wind off the lake.
