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.
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.
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 across the Anglia region have been hit hard by the cold weather. The region has seen the coldest March days on record.
Saturday:
Cloudy at first with perhaps some rain over Norfolk, but becoming mostly dry through the morning with bright or sunny spells developing during the afternoon. Maximum Temperature 15C.
Sunday:
A mostly dry start but rain will push in from the south later on, although many northern areas will stay dry. Maximum Temperature 14C.
Tonight:
Generally cloudy with some outbreaks of rain at first, mainly over northern parts and perhaps locally heavy over Norfolk. Most parts becoming dry from the south later. Minimum Temperature 6 °C.
Saturday:
Cloudy at first with perhaps some rain over Norfolk, but becoming mostly dry through the morning with bright or sunny spells developing during the afternoon. Maximum Temperature 15 °C.
The odd lucky place might see a bit of brightness but for most it's a cloudy day with a few showers developing. Rain is expected to spread in from the east later, perhaps locally heavy over Norfolk and Cambridgeshire. Maximum Temperature 13 °C.
It stays cloudy tonight with some outbreaks of rain, heaviest in the north of the region. Most parts becoming dry in the south later. Minimum Temperature 6 °C.
Today:
A mostly cloudy and cool day, but some brighter spells are likely to develop for a time in western parts with a few showers developing. Rain is expected to spread in from the east later, perhaps locally heavy over Norfolk. Maximum Temperature 13 °C.
Tonight:
Generally cloudy with some outbreaks of rain at first, mainly over northern parts and perhaps locally heavy over Norfolk. Most parts becoming dry from the south later. Minimum Temperature 6 °C.
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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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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 storyFive 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 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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