UK records coldest January night in 15 years as temperatures plummet to -17.5C - Altnaharra, a hamlet in the most northern region of the Highlands, had reached the temperature before 9pm on Friday.

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Temperatures dropped to minus 18.7C in the UK's coldest January night in 15 years, as the wintry weather continues.

Temperatures dropped to minus 18.7C in the UK’s coldest January night in 15 years, as the wintry weather continues. Altnaharra, which is in the most northern region of the Highlands, recorded minus 18.

The mercury fell again overnight with a hamlet in northern Scotland shivering through a temperature of minus 18C. The Met Office said Altnaharra, which is in the most northern region of the Highlands,

Cumbria recorded the coldest temperature in England on Wednesday evening as the cold snap continues. Shap was the coldest place in the country at minus 11.2 degrees with temperatures set to drop further.