Snow in the evening.

29th. The snow that fell on Boxing Day evening is still lying - very cold, about -5 C, ever since then, though it warmed up to -1 C this afternoon.

'There were four consecutive nights from the 26-27th recorded beneath -20C... Although it was nowhere near as cold in the south, it was still cold: the lowest temperature at Elmdon (near Birmingham), for example, was -9.0C on the 29th.' [...]