In other cases, reception of messages via the Emergency Managers Weather Information Network (EMWIN) failed.
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First Capital Connect, who run trains between London and Norfolk through Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire, said snow and icy weather across its network was still disrupting services.
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa) said that their analysis of temperature data from a global network of weather stations indicated that the average temperature for 2012 was 0.57C above the 20th Century average.
"Cable theft figures fluctuate hugely and can be affected by weather and access to the network, " said Simon Davies, BT's general manager dealing with cable theft.
First Great Western was operating a reduced timetable across some of its network due to the weather.
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New York's entire transit system of subways, buses and commuter rails stopped running at midday on Saturday - the first time officials have closed the network because of bad weather.
Milder weather helped the UK's transport network get back to normal on Thursday, after a day of delays and cancellations on railways and at airports.
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However, Network Rail said the recent severe weather had prevented the completion of three new stations.
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Business organisations and MPs said they were raising questions as to how good Devon's transport network was in times of extreme weather.
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Network Rail said there were "no significant weather-related delays in the West Midlands".
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The BT network has also sustained considerable damage due to the weather conditions.
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Neil Hickman, the council's assistant director of highways said they had a network of 75 farmers who helped clear snow in bad weather.
Andy Brealsford, from Volunteer Cornwall, said the group was keen to make sure that there was a network of people across the county who could help in severe weather.
Scotland's Network Rail director Ron McAulay said the stations would be completed once the weather improved.
But it was only with the growth of the electric telegraph network in the 1850s that readings could be collected from a wide area quickly enough to follow the weather as it changed.
The unseasonably wintry weather has caused problems in parts of the UK, including with electricity, farming and agriculture, and the road network.
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