Britain is colder than Mount Everest
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Yesterday Britain was colder than Mount Everest as temperatures dropped to -18.4C in Surrey - compared to -17.2C at Lukia in Nepal, the base camp where climbers prepare to clime Everest.
The Sunday Express reported that the Met Office reported widespread sub -10C temperatures between the Home Counties and the Humber, and almost reached England's coldest February record of -20.6C at Woburn, Bedfordshire, in 1947.
The Telegraph reports that, on Friday night, temperatures dropped to a low of -17.8C in Chesam, Buckinghamshire - which is colder than Moscow.
However the freezing temperatures aren't expected to last for much longer.
A change in wind direction is likely to bring temperatures back up to the average for this time of year, although the Met Office still has a level-three cold weather warning in place until Tuesday.
Met Office forecaster Craig Snell told The Telegraph: "We are getting a much quieter picture across the UK this week, which I am sure will be a welcome respite from the cold."
Click on the image below for some pictures of winter 2012...
In pictures: Winter 2012
- Iced up: River Trent, Gunthorpe, Nottinghamshire

- Sunrise, East London

- Winter surfing, Longsands, Tynemouth

- Angel of the North, Newcastle

- Frosty field, East London

- Snowy ponies, Exmoor

- Tourist, Westminster, London

- Commuter, Netherley, Liverpool

- Sunrise, Upper Kennett Valley, Wiltshire

- Morning glory, Perthshire, Scotland

- Sunset, Avebury, Wiltshire

- River Trent, Nottingham

- Deer park, Studley Royal, near Ripon

- Brave swimmer, Hyde Park, London

- Frozen waterfall, Hadrow, Yorkshire

- Hidden dog, Essex

- 11 geese a-freezing, Johnstonebridge, Scotland

- Walker, River Trent, Nottingham

- Mob of deer, Wensleydale

- Cold lamb, Yorkshire

- Wobbly bridge, London

- Dog walkers, Nottingham










