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, has been recorded twice in 1958 and 1971. Yet January’s warmth contrasts sharply with its capacity for severe cold. The lowest UK January temperature on record was –27.2°C, logged at Braemar, Aberdeenshire, on 10 January 1982. In England, the lowest minimum was –26.1°C at Newport, Shropshire, also

to look beyond the UK to the broader North Atlantic region. Analysis of temperature anomalies between 20 January and 3 February shows marked warmth across northern Canada and Greenland and unusually cold conditions across parts of the USA, Scandinavia and northeast Europe. This sharp contrast has

across a year: Due to the relative distance of the Midlands from the sea, the annual average temperature range is relatively large. Sharp winter frosts are common and very hot days may also occur in summer. Winter mean daily minimum temperatures are below 0°C whilst summer mean daily maximum

has allowed a strong area of high pressure, a so‑called heat dome, to build over the southwest. This is pushing daytime temperatures across California and Arizona toward and beyond 40°C. This follows a week of sharp contrasts, with heavy snow blanketing parts of northern Michigan only days earlier

of weather that the region experiences across a year: Due to the relative distance of the Midlands from the sea, the annual average temperature range is relatively large. Sharp winter frosts are common and very hot days may also occur in summer. Winter mean daily minimum temperatures are below 0°C

, up to two hours and forty minutes less daylight in parts of Scotland. As the nights draw in, clear skies will mean temperatures dip away more sharply. The weekend: Settled, but with local variation Looking ahead to the coming weekend, high pressure will once again be the dominant feature, shifting

, highlighting how terrain and wind direction can create sharp rainfall gradients. For instance, Aberdeen recorded around 120mm of rain in the first nine days of February, while Aviemore, protected by mountains, saw only about 2mm during the same period. These contrasts illustrate the profound

sharply defined. This transition zone or boundary is called a front. An air mass may cover several millions of square kilometres and extend vertically throughout the troposphere. Sources of an air mass The temperature of an air mass will depend largely on its point of origin and its subsequent

, and the North Sea is only slightly cooler than it has been. As a result, temperatures are likely to return to average levels for November, rather than dropping sharply. READ MORE: How is temperature measured? Model ensembles suggest a gradual decline in temperatures, with the most noticeable cooling

around the hemisphere, favouring a flat, strong Atlantic jet and a conveyor of lows towards the UK. A deepening Pacific low then forced an extra ripple, steering the jet sharply south there, then north over Canada, and downstream into a squeezed Atlantic trough. That “squeeze” helped a cut‑off upper low