January 12th: More snow overnight fell for many in the south along with the upland SW too, with 5-10cm quite widely. Cars were stuck for a time on the A38 at Haldon Hill just outside of Exeter, as snow ploughs struggled to keep the roads open. Temperatures so far for England and Wales were just -1.9°C, a full -6.1 degrees below average, possibly one of the coldest starts -or the coldest start- ever recorded. It has been dry though with rainfall at just 39 per cent though sunnier than normal (185%). 

January 15th: The very cold spell is over -for a while at least- with much milder weather starting to return to many areas as a slow thaw begins. Scilly was a balmy 11C by 09Z. However as the wet, windy, milder weather spreads north east it brings the threat of some flooding in the west, especially over hilly areas, along with an avalanche risk too in the mountains. Given the amount of snow in many upland areas it will take a considerable time to thaw though

January 16th A balmy 12.3C recorded at Chivenor today, probably likely to be the warmest temperature this month.

January 22nd After a milder spell for a week now, cold weather is on the way back it seems after a brief ridge of high pressure moves away, with an arctic northerly blast developing in a few days time across the UK. Further sleet and snow looks very likely with moderate frosts. The monthly mean is still cold though and it looks as though it will now very likely be the coldest month for 23 years, since January 1987.  

January 27th   A spectacularly bright coloured sunset was observed by many today and yesterday.Atmospheric expert Les Cowley believes the bright pink and dusty orange colours seen could be a type of Polar Stratospheric Cloud (PSC) and has asked for observers be on the alert more displays in the near future. Some were  wondering if it was the result of volcanic dust however, though no eruption of any magnitude has been reported..