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Temperature archives: Top 10 coldest records

Temperature archives
Top 10 coldest records

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Check out the top 10 lowest ever recorded temperatures across the UK and Ireland.

UK

Date	Location	Temperature
January 10th 1982	Braemar, Aberdeenshire	-27.2C
December 30th 1995	Altnaharra No 2	-27.2C
January 10th 1982	Newport, Shropshire	-26.1C
December 13th 1981	Shawbury, Shropshire	-25.2C
January 13th 1979	Carnwath, West Scotland	-24.6C
January 20th 1984	Grantown-On-Spey, East Scotland	-23.6C
January 27th 1985	Lagganlia, North Scotland	-23.4C
January 13th 1987	Caldecott P Sta, Midlands	-23.3C
January 8th 2010	Altnaharra No 2	-22.3C
February 18th 1960*	Grantown-On-Spey	-22.2C

The 10th record is shared between February 18th 1960, December 30th 1961 Cannich and January 18th 1963 Braemar, all with -22.2C.

Ireland & Northern Ireland

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