EAST Surrey has had its coldest night of the winter so far. The temperature at Gatwick fell before dawn to -6C. At Reigate Grammar school, -4.9C was recorded at 7.49am this morning.
At midnight, the temperature at Mugswell, near Lower Kingswood was down to -5C (23F) and to -6C (21F) at Outwood Lane, Chipstead, according to weather expert Ian Currie. At dawn, the temperature at Chipstead plummeted to -8.1C (18F).
Earlier this week, Mr Currie recorded -8.0C (18F) at Chipstead Valley Weather Station in Outwood Laneso that this morning it was by a frqction of a degree colder.
7am UPDATE: At Gatwick Aiport, the temperature fell to -6C (21F) at 4.50am.
At Charlwood, at 7am, it was a numbing -5.6C (22F).
Further afield, at 7am it was -6C (21F) at Eastleigh Airport, Southampton; -6C (21F) at Hurn Airport, Bournemouth; and just under -9C (16F) at Lambourn, West Berkshire. This made it the coldest night of the winter so far.
7.30am update: -5C (23F) at Heathrow Airport.
It will be milder tonight, says the Met Office, with cloud and some rain.
