Temperature could feel like -13C tonight

5:11pm Monday 11th March 2013 in News By Will Lodge

A youngster makes the most of the snow in Castle Park. A youngster makes the most of the snow in Castle Park.

WINTRY weather conditions caused both fun and frustration as snow flurries swept across Colchester today.

Short sharp mini-blizzards made driving conditions particularly difficult at times as the temperature dropped as low as -2 degrees Celsius in the town today, and -1 on Clacton sea front.

Tom Defty, a meteorologist at the Essex Weather Centre said: “To have temperatures below freezing in March is very rare, a one in 25 year event, especially on the sea front where it is difficult to achieve such lows even in the middle of winter.

“Strong winds gusting between 50-60mph are expected between 7pm and midnight tonight which would make the air temperature feel more like -13 degrees."

Comments(3)

Boris says...
8:14pm Mon 11 Mar 13

It certainly felt arctic when I went out just now. And even this afternoon, in full daylight, there were icicles hanging off my car. I don't remember seeing that before. I can well believe that figure of -13º with the wind chill.

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Hamiltonandy says...
12:27am Tue 12 Mar 13

We really need some sun. The pansies are slow to flower and the spring bulbs are weeks behind.

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jeffbridges says...
11:40am Tue 12 Mar 13

11-30am today, still very windy here, but so nice and warm looking sunshine bursts through the greyness.
will it last? who knows, but its cold enough to take your breath away still.
in the garden, I too am behind in sowing my potato 1sts,
but have already planted flower bulbs struggling to come through.
I hate the snow more as I get older,
much prefur the warming rays of sunshine.

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