Thursday 28 February 2018 - coldest since 1785

[xmetman]

I did think that yesterday’s cold was exceptional for late February, but it wasn’t until I download the finalised daily CET data from the Met Office this morning that I realised it had in fact been the coldest 28th of February since 1785 in Central England – that’s 233 years ago.

[John Hall]

It also looks like it had the lowest maximum since daily maxima and minima became available, which seems to have been round about the 1870s.

[Pete B]

It's good to see a cold date record rather almost broken for once rather than high date records that have been broken or nearly broken in recent years Autumn months.