As forecast temperatures fell well below zero across the UK last night and the heaviest of the snow started to ease in most areas.
The lowest temperature recorded at a Met Office observing station was Edinburgh, Gorgarbank, at -4.3 C and at 9am this morning the deepest snow cover was 27 cm at Lough Fea, Londonderry.
Lowest temperatures overnight 18 to 19 January 2013:
| Location | Area | Temperature (Celsius) |
| Edinburgh Gogarbank | Midlothian | -4.3 |
| Lake Vyrnwy | Powys | -4.3 |
| Pennerley | Shropshire | -4.0 |
| Tredegar Bryn Bach Park | Gwent | -3.5 |
| Crosby | Merseyside | -3.4 |
| Libanus | Powys | -3.4 |
| Leek, Thorncliffe | Staffordshire | -3.3 |
| Little Rissington | Gloucestershire | -3.3 |
| Sennybridge | Powys | -3.2 |
| Carterhouse | Roxburghshire | -3.1 |
| Salsburgh | Lanarkshire | -3.1 |
| Keele | Staffordshire | -3 |
| Emley Moor | West Yorkshire | -2.9 |
| Astwood Bank | Hereford & Worcester | -2.8 |
| Winterbourne | West midlands | -2.8 |
| Aviemore | Inverness-shire | -2.7 |
| Bingley | West Yorkshire | -2.7 |
| Liscombe | Somerset | -2.7 |
| Pateley Bridge Ravens Nest | North Yorkshire | -2.7 |
| Spadeadam | Cumbria | -2.7 |
Snow depths at 9am Saturday 19 January 2012:
| Location | Area | Elevation | Snow depth (cm) |
| Lough Fea | Londonderry | 225 | 27 |
| Sennybridge | Powys | 307 | 22 |
| Little Rissington | Gloucestershire | 210 | 20 |
| Loftus | Cleveland | 158 | 16 |
| Liscombe | Somerset | 348 | 16 |
| Filton | Avon | 59 | 16 |
| Brize Norton | Oxfordshire | 82 | 12 |
| Hereford, Credenhill | Hereford & Worcester | 76 | 11 |
| Nottingham, Watnall | Nottinghamshire | 117 | 11 |
| Larkhill | Wiltshire | 132 | 11 |
| Albemarle | Northumberland | 142 | 10 |
| Cranwell | Lincolnshire | 63 | 10 |
| Benson | Oxfordshire | 57 | 10 |
| Leconfield | Humberside | 7 | 10 |
| Redesdale Camp | Northumberland | 211 | 9 |
| Middle Wallop | Hampshire | 90 | 9 |
| Boscombe Down | Wiltshire | 126 | 8 |
| Aboyne | Aberdeenshire | 140 | 8 |
| Wittering | Cambridgeshire | 73 | 8 |
| Coningsby | Lincolnshire | 6 | 7 |
| Leek, Thorncliffe | Staffordshire | 298 | 7 |
| Northolt | Greater London | 33 | 7 |
| Leeming | North Yorkshire | 33 | 6 |
| Marham | Norfolk | 21 | 6 |
| Shawbury | Shropshire | 72 | 6 |
| Bingley | West Yorkshire | 262 | 6 |
| Waddington | Lincolnshire | 68 | 6 |
| Odiham | Hampshire | 118 | 6 |
| Eskdalemuir | Dumfriesshire | 236 | 5 |
| Hurn | Dorset | 10 | 5 |
| Scampton | Lincolnshire | 57 | 5 |
| Charlwood | Surrey | 67 | 5 |
| Coleshill | Warwickshire | 96 | 5 |
| Wattisham | Suffolk | 89 | 4 |
| Boulmer | Northumberland | 23 | 4 |
| Dyce | Aberdeenshire | 65 | 4 |
| Bedford | Bedfordshire | 85 | 3 |
| Trawsgoed | Dyfed | 63 | 3 |
| Church Fenton | North Yorkshire | 8 | 3 |
| Linton on Ouse | North Yorkshire | 14 | 3 |
| Heathrow | Greater London | 25 | 3 |
| Edinburgh, Gogarbank | Midlothian | 57 | 3 |
| St Athan | South Glamorgan | 49 | 3 |
| Herstmonceux, West End | East Sussex | 52 | 2 |
The cold weather is set to continue for the remainder of the weekend and ice is expected to be a major hazard, keep up to date with your local forecast for the latest update.
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