UK records the coldest night of winter so far
UK experienced the coldest night of winter ever with a temperature of -12.3C recorded in the north west Highlands.
The temperature was recorded at Loch Glascarnoch, near Garve, south of Ullapool in Wester Ross.
The record lowest temperature in the UK is -27.2C, which was recorded in Braemar, Aberdeenshire, in 1895 and 1982 and same temperature was recorded at Altnaharra in the Highlands in 1995.
The Met Office has issued yellow “be aware warnings” for snow and ice for Scotland for Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
The Met Office said up to 2cm, almost an inch, of snow was likely to settle at low levels “quite widely” with up to 6cm (2in) above 200m (656ft) and as much as 10cm (4in) above 300m (984ft).
