Chilly March days are the coldest ever in East Anglia
It’s no early April joke that you need to be over 100 years old to have ever experienced such cold March days as we did during 2013.
Your weather pictures of a very chilly March
March 2013 has seen the coldest days since records began more than a century ago. Here are a selection of weather pictures sent by viewers.
Garden centres count the cost of the extended winter
Garden centres across the Anglia region have been hit hard by the cold weather. The region has seen the coldest March days on record.
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Unsettled weather
Showers becoming widespread, these heavy at times with a risk of hail/thunder, potentially wintry over high ground in the west. Feeling cool in strong winds, with gales near the coast. Maximum Temperature 12 °C.
Weather update
Showers likely to continue into the evening. Through the night it should become dry away from the coast with some clear spells developing in the west. Minimum Temperature 4 °C.
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Heads up for Friday
by Amanda Houston
I hope you've made the most of today's weather as it's taking a turn for the worse from tomorrow. Windy, cool with heavy widespread showers on Thursday and another rotten day to come on Friday.
The graphic above shows an area of low pressure which will be sitting over us on Friday. This will bring blustery winds, which could gust up to gale force in places and some heavy rain and much cooler temperatures will arrive too.
We could also see some sleet or snow over the Chilterns, it shouldn't settle but it's an indication of just how cold it is...and it's mid May!
Anglia Weather
Today:
Sunny spells are expected to develop this afternoon with scattered showers, some of which may be heavy. Maximum Temperature 16 °C.
Tonight:
Showers likely to continue into the evening. Through the night it should become dry away from the coast with some clear spells developing in the west. Minimum Temperature 4 °C.
Thursday:
Showers becoming widespread, these heavy at times with a risk of hail/thunder, potentially wintry over high ground in the west. Feeling cool in strong winds, with gales near the coast. Maximum Temperature 12 °C.
Potato prices soar
You know the expression cheap as chips.... well we might not be able to say that for very much longer....
Potatoes have been a cheap and cheerful British favourite for more than a century but last year's atrocious weather followed by a severe winter and spring has sent the cost of them soaring as Natalie Gray reports :
Chilly March days are the coldest ever in East Anglia
It’s no early April joke that you need to be over 100 years old to have ever experienced such cold March days as we did during 2013.
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Your weather pictures of a very chilly March
March 2013 has seen the coldest days since records began more than a century ago. Here are a selection of weather pictures sent by viewers.
Read the full storyRecord year for the region's gritters
Five county councils in the Anglia region say they've carried out record amounts of road gritting this winter.
Suffolk, Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire and Northamptonshire have spread more salt on the roads than ever before, going out nearly 600 times between them.
Essex County Council has covered more than 26,000 miles, and in Suffolk they've got through 30,000 tonnes of salt - that's twice the average usage.
In Cambridgeshire they've made 100 outings, each one costing £20,000 while Norfolk County Council says it may be gritting well past the normal stop date in early April.
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Garden centres count the cost of the extended winter
Garden centres across the Anglia region have been hit hard by the cold weather. The region has seen the coldest March days on record.
Read the full storyGritting record as winter drags into spring
Councils in the Anglia region have broken records for the number of gritting runs they have done this year as winter drags into spring
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