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The previous coldest December was in 1981, when the average temperature was 0.1\u00b0C.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080\">The provisional UK, England and Wales figures for December 2010 show that the month was the coldest month since February 1986. In Scotland it was the coldest month since February 1947, and in Northern Ireland the coldest month on record. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>I think we can all agree that it was bloody cold! However, actual precipitation was only 38% of what is normal &#8211; so it has really been quite dry and sunny, and comes out as the third <em>driest <\/em>December since records began.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s load more stats on the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.metoffice.gov.uk\/news\/releases\/archive\/2011\/cold-dec\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #800000\">Met Office link<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Met Office has reported that December 2010 was the coldest&#160; since records began in 1910. The average temperature across the UK was -1.0\u00b0C &#8211; compared with the usual 4.2\u00b0C. The previous coldest December was in 1981, when the average temperature was 0.1\u00b0C. 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