Freeze of the century

[Maxus]

This week is described as the freeze if the century. No parts of the south of UK are going to get some snow. Further north we are still getting temps well above freezing with zero snow and ice all week. How come the UK goes crazy over a bit of snow in the south but further north nothing is mentioned? It's just winter.

Who described it as that - the Daily Express? They use ridiculous headlines like that every year to sell papers.

Freeze of the century? How cold is it going to get?

As a British expat, now living in a part of Canada where it’s currently -27 with the windchill, you have my sympathies.

Who is describing it that way? Whoever it is, just ignore them as they're not a credible news provider.

Who's saying that?

I’m in London and there’s no snow and a high of 3 degrees today. Last December it was minus 8 at various points and there wasn’t a particular fuss about that.

I haven’t seen any dramatic weather headlines.as someone else said - Daily Express?

I've just googled it.
It looks like it's referring to a really cold period of weather in Scandinavia, which we are going to get the tail end of, but it won't be anything like what they've had. So the phrase is really referring to Norway and Finland.

As far as I can tell.

Oh, and it's from the Metro.

We did indeed have that but it’s ending today. I’m in Sweden, went to see my parents this weekend and it was -33. I think we had -51 up in the very north. The coldest it’s been for 25 years or something. I doubt the UK will get anywhere near that cold though.

Yes I saw some 'weather warning' for cold temperatures yday
Had a look at the forecast and couldn't see these worrying cold temperatures coming up at any time

YANBU.

This big 'freeze' is more of a cold snap IE temps down to near normal for this time of year.

I think it's more to do with the temp difference from last week for example last week we had temps around 9/10 degrees where as this week it's going to be around 1/2 degrees.

I'm in Oxfordshire and it's only predicted just under zero most mornings this week. A couple of years ago it was at least -4 every morning for a week so no, I'm not buying it.

No we absolutely won't.

But the British press love to catastrophise weather in order to sell papers. To be fair, it's usually the Daily Express.

But they've basically seen the headline linked to the weather front that is heading this way and they've stopped an opportunity to make it seem like we are about to be part of a real-life disaster movie. When in reality it's just winter.

There was a cold weather warning for this week over the weekend but it seems unnecessary.

That does sound like a Daily Express headline! They do it in the summer too. They're always wrong 😂

That said, I live right on the outskirts of London and this is my weather forecast today

We often have snow here in the winter though, as I'm on a hill. I moved in in February 2021 in a snowstorm.

I've just looked at three different forecasts for where I am (south Hampshire) and each is showing a different report! Met Office, BBC and Accuweather.com

Ok.

There will probably be some snow.

We live in a maritime climate.

Thus was ever winter in the Isles.

Because ordinary things like weather have to be “terrifying” these days, and if weather is “extreme”, then it’s our fault. Remember the record-breaking “extreme heat”?

Wasn’t there going to be a white Christmas, and then that was rained off?

My bingo card is ready for “worst drought ever” while the ground is still soggy from the recent heavy rain.

I'm in Manchester. Only just dug out my gloves. Was thinking how mild this winter is.

Well Dec 2010 was probably the coldest period in the last 40 years or so in the UK.

It will take some beating. IIRC I got to work one morning (central England) and the car thermometer showed -13C. Christmas day I remember driving to see my parents and it was -10C.

It was a prolonged bout of cold weather.

Most people don't even remember it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_of_2010%E2%80%9311_in_the_British_Isles

Sorry love but most media outlets have been reporting it, I would bet even the Grauniad probably mentioned it!

I guess because it’s more unusual in some places. We’ve had some snow where I am today and it’s the first snow we’ve had in years, so it isn’t ‘just winter’ down here. It’s coldest it’s been in a while. Somewhere it snows every winter will be less news worthy. Saying that, I haven’t seen a thing in the news about this snow today or the ‘freeze if the century’ and had no idea we were going to get any snow today.

I'm in London/Essex and we've had light snow on and off all day. I think it's still snowing now.

Because we have a media that have to sell the news to you, so catastrophize. If you look at the Daily Mail, they are using auto videos, which just play and you can not unsee some of the stuff they are showing, which is as close to snuff films as you can get.
Sorry to derail OP but what has happened to the Times, there used to be some good journalism. Now it reads like the Sun!
I really need to unsubscribe but what other good quality newspapers are out there?