>Frigid Cold Now Reaches Netherlands, Produces Coldest Morning in 27 Years, Rare Snows Blankets Algeria, North Africa, England Up Next!

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North Sea Divided Frigid Air Over Low Countries With Very Cold Air Over Southern England

Tervuren park this morning, 10km to the east of Brussels, Belgium. The photo shows a frozen, snow-covered lake! (Photo courtesy of Wassim Cornet)

While South Newington, Oxfordshire set the new benchmark for UK cold this season at 10F (-12.4C), the frigid air hovering over Poland and Germany swept further west than expected, helped by fresh snowfall yesterday over Belgium and Netherlands.

Amazingly, with the help of Friday’s fresh snowcover, laying down the highly reflective blanket and encouraging the truely bitter air across the Low Countries, this meant an unusually frigid morning. Temperatures plunged to at least 0F (-18C) in Amsterdam, -2F (-19C) at Groningen and Eindhoven, -4F (-20C) at Arnhem, but the prize goes to Lelystad which saw a low of -9F (-22.9C). Lowest reading in the Netherlands in 27 years.

NEW: Facebook fan snow pics from UK, Belgium, Italy, Denmark over past 36 hours

 Ancona-central Italy..adriatic coast..today (Massimiliano Rossi)

 Easterton, on Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, England (Will Cooper)

 London, England (Lee Jackson)

 Kolding, Denmark (Michael Czuba Olsen)

From Wassim Cornet: This was the scene yesterday over a portion of the Brussels Ring Road. Yesterday’s evening rush hour saw a total of 1,275km of accumulated traffic jams on all of the Belgian highway system, an all-time record.
 Bosnia yesterday (CiklonInfo)

Bosnia yesterday (CiklonInfo)

Other Top Cold Stories From Across Europe

European Cities Lowest Temps So Far

Kiev, Ukraine -27C (-17F)
Warsaw, Poland -24C (-11F)
Berlin, Germany -19C (-2F)
Brussels, Belgium -14C (7F)

‘Frozen fury’: Thousands brave icy chill to protest in Moscow
NBC NEWS

The big freeze continues, -22.9 Celsius in Markenesse
DUTCH NEWS.NL

Ice and snow cause motorway mayhem
THE LOCAL (SWEDEN)

Coldest night yet grips Germany
THE LOCAL

Cold Doesn’t Stop At Europe: Snow Blankets North Africa As Forecasted!

Rare Snows in North Africa
ACCUWEATHER.COM

Heavy Snow Expected To Spread Across England Throughout Saturday Afternoon/Evening Following Coldest Start to Winter

No day for fishing: Poole harbour was filled with jagged chunks of ice after a sub-zero night hit most of Britain (Courtesy of Daily Mail)

Big freeze Britain: Forecasters warn 15cm of snow on the way as icy weather settles in across country
DAILY MAIL

Snow expected across much of Britain
BBC

Another cold night across the UK as snow arrives
MET OFFICE

US Latest

Major Snowstorm Which Dumped 50″ of Snow In Colorado Crosses Plains Tonight

Recap of the Rockies, Plains Snowstorm
ACCUWEATHER.COM

Heavy Snow to Bury Omaha, Des Moines into This Evening
ACCUWEATHER.COM

Will the Colorado Snowstorm Hit the Northeast?
ACCUWEATHER.COM

Australia Latest

Thousands Stranded By Flooding Across NWS, Queensland

An aerial view of flood affected streets on February 3, 2012 in Moree, Australia.

Thousands stranded by floods in eastern Australia
CNN

THE EXTREMES OF THE DAY

TODAY’S US EXTREMES
COURTESY OF ACCUWEATHER

HIGH: 85° at Harlingen, TX
LOW: -18° at West Yellowstone, MT

TODAY’S UK EXTREMES
COURTESY OF THE MET OFFICE

HIGH: 50° (10.1°C) at Isles of Scilly
LOW: 10° (-12.4°C) at South Newington (Oxfordshire)

TODAY’S EXTREMES HERE AT MY HOUSE

HIGH: 39°
LOW: 25°

Thanks for reading.
-Mark

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