December was offically the coldest for 120 years.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/coldest-december-for-120-years-2173360.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12078425
Scientists are also suggesting that there may be more extreme winters like this as a result of global warming,
They have established a link between the cold, snowy winters in Britain and melting sea ice in the Arctic and warn that long periods of freezing weather could become more frequent in years to come.
An analysis of the ice-free regions of the Arctic Ocean has found that the higher temperatures there caused by global warming, which have melted the sea ice in the summer months, have paradoxically increased the chances of colder winters in Britain and the rest of northern Europe.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/expect-more-extreme-winters-thanks-to-global-warming-say-scientists-2168418.html
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Fri, Dec 31, 2010
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