The warmest temperature recorded this year was 33.1C (91.5F) on Monday 27 June at Gravesend in Kent.

BBC: 2011 is UK's second warmest year on record - Met Office

The village of Cavendish peaked at 32.4C (90.3F), Charsfield recorded 31.4C (88.5F) and Santon Downham basked in 31.3C (88.3F).

BBC: Saturday's record temperatures not beaten

Snow fell overnight in Scotland - where temperatures were -15C (5F) in places - in north Wales and northern England.

BBC: Snow and ice leads to travel delays and school closures

Police said Mr Daw and his friends had not been drinking heavily on the night, where temperatures outside had reached -15 C (5F).

BBC: Simon Daw

Dougal Lane, president of the Guernsey Fishermen's Association, said an April reading of 7.5C (45.5F) was the coldest he could recall since 1963.

BBC: Guernsey fishermen face losses due to cold weather

And, most immediate to personal comfort, should the average indoor temperature of British houses continue to rise, stay roughly the same at 17.5C (63.5F), or fall?

BBC: How warm is your home?

Temperatures in Moscow rose to about minus 15 degrees Celcius (5F) on Sunday after the mercury dipped to below minus 26 degrees Celcius (minus 15F) on Wednesday.

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