It's official: December WAS the chilliest in 120 years | Mail Online

If you thought December was the coldest you could remember, you were right... unless you are more than 120 years old.

The benchmark Central England Temperature plunged to an average of -0.6c (30.9f) over the month, making it the second harshest December since records began in 1659.

It was beaten only by the -0.8c (30.5f) average for December 1890, weather historian Philip Eden said last night. It was also the chilliest individual calendar month since February 1986.