Coldest December since records began as temperatures plummet to minus 10C bringing travel chaos across Britain

Daily Mail
"‘Temperatures are likely to drop into the minus teens in places, with towns and cities as cold as -8c (18f).‘It’s going to stay like this throughout Christmas and New Year, but by the middle of next month things will slowly return to normal and we could perhaps see the beginning of the end.‘Nevertheless, this December is almost certainly going to become the coldest since records began in 1910. ‘It’s already a lot colder than the previous record which was set in 1981.’