Joe9t

Interestingly, the County of Yorkshire, which parts of the Pennines resides in, recorded its coldest night since records began in 2010. The temperature at Topcliffe, near Thirsk in North Yorkshire, fell to -19C in the early hours of 3 December 2010, making it the counties lowest ever recorded official temperature. That would mean that no official temperature has ever been recorded lower - even including in the Yorkshire Pennines area. I remember very mild Winter temperatures in the 1980s, where temperatures would rise into double figures for periods of a time - even in the early 1980's.

I was responding to iapennell comment in regards that we regularly used to get below -10C in the 1980's) I simply posted recent lows in parts of the Pennines, which have been minus 10 and below.

I was responding to iapennell comment in regards to North Pennines regularly getting low temperatures of minus 10 and below in the 1980's I am unsure what the maximum altitude is in relation to readings of official temperatures, but the lowest UK temperatures in Altnaharra and Braemar, are at altitudes of less than 300ft and a little over 1100ft respectively. I would say that 'frost hollows' are more likely to record low temperatures than maybe altitude, within reason, of course. The Met Office shy away from positioning weather stations in: - Frost hollow where overnight temperatures on still clear nights may be far lower than at neighbouring locations. - Top of a hill or steep escarpment where winds will be unrepresentative of the wider area. When it comes to the highest temperature ever recorded in the UK, this was at an altitude of just 36 feet above sea level. If anyone can confirm what the maximum altitude is for the recording of official temperatures, that would be great. I shall investigate this myself, but the low temperature at Ravenseat, was mentioned by the weather presenter on the local weather on the BBC.

7th January

9th January

Ravenseat had minimum temperatures of -11.7 (overnight 8th into 9th January) -11.5 (overnight 6th into 7th January)

I think I heard on the local news, that Ravenseat in The Yorkshire Dales, had a low temperature of minus 11C a few days ago.

Met Office long range into very early a February, suggests that air flow over North Sea from Scandinavia and that meeting up with milder air to the south of UK could set up a possibility of substantial snow, where the two air masses meet.

This forecast is completely the opposite to other Winter forecasts for the UK - 2020 /21, I have, seen. It looks like December will begin cold by day, frosty by night and dry - certainly not beginning with your prediction of a month "dominated by persistent south-westerlies, with plenty of wind and rain." Time will tell though.

Thank you @reef, for a very clear and understandable explanation to my question. Thank you.

Hi, this question I have wanted to pose to my local tv weather presenter, but never got round to it. I cannot understand why long term mean temperatures are based on averages between the period 1981-2010. Why not 1981 - 2019? Why don't we incorporate the last decades averages into the statistics? Why is generally 1981 an important date to start, say? Why not 1971 - ????, 1961 to ???? etc, and why is the last decades avarages not taken into account in the avarages? I'm hoping someone will clearly explain. Thanks.

Correction... the makers of this model are Zeon. I contacted them in 2019, for a replacement sensor.

I have this same weather station and have had it since about 2004. I believe the maker is Zenon and replacement outdoor sensors compatible for this particular model can be purchased from them - They are around £30.00.