Spring Freeze set to make March the coldest since bitter winter of 1962 as parents are separated from their children by snow drifts for a WEEK

Daily Mail
"The Met Office said from March 1 to 26, the UK mean temperature was 2.5C, which is 3C below the long-term average - making it the joint fourth coldest in the UK, in records going back to 1910. ......The Met Office said this March was likely to be the fourth coldest on record for England, joint third coldest for Wales, joint eighth coldest for Scotland and sixth coldest for Northern Ireland. This March joined 2006, 2001, 1995, 1987, 1979, 1970 and 1962 as years when the month saw some significant snowfall. The coldest March in the UK was in 1962, at 1.9C, followed by 1947, 2.2C, 1937, 2.4C , and 1916 and 1917, 2.5C. The cold weather is expected to continue through the Easter weekend and into April."