November to December 2010 On 22 November, forecasters in the
Baltic nations saw snow storms expected some in parts of Sweden on the next day, especially in the south of the country. Snow flurries were reported by the afternoon. The
Scandinavian low moved southward bringing snow and frost to both The Netherlands and the north west coast of Germany.
UK The earliest winter snowfall in the United Kingdom for 17 years was recorded in November 2010. A low night temperature of and heavy snow fell over the night of the 25th/26th, which was recorded at
Redesdale Camp, Northumberland. A similar quantity of snow fell in
Aberdeenshire, and in Durham that night. On 26 November, night-time temperatures plummeted well below , with the Welsh towns of
Sennybridge and
Trawscoed being among the coldest places at . The town of
Dalwhinnie in the
Scottish Highlands saw the temperatures fall to and
Chesham in Buckinghamshire fell to , and
Preston, Lancashire recorded .
Inverness recorded a nighttime low of with a daytime high of . The Met Office then issued severe weather warnings for almost every part of the UK The thermometers at
Llysdinam, near
Llandrindod Wells,
Powys, recorded a low of , the coldest temperature for the month of November in the UK since 1985, and the coldest November night in Wales on record.
Shawbury, in
Shropshire was hit with ;
Lough Fea, in
Northern Ireland was left hopping with ; and
Church Fenton in North Yorkshire chilled out with a nocturnal low of . The severe winter weather resulted in school closures as Northern Scotland, North East England and parts of North and East Yorkshire were blanketed in up to of snow. Sub-zero overnight temperatures were recorded across the country, with the coldest place being at
Carterhouse in the
Scottish Borders at while
Benson in Oxfordshire fell to . By the middle of 27 November, up to of snow fell in parts of Staffordshire overnight while residents in the
Black Country also woke up to a covering today with warnings of way with blizzards expected in the region with a predicted snowfall of over the next few days. Scotland saw the temperature at
Loch Glascarnoch fall to , a new record low for November in Scotland. Northern Ireland hit a new low of at Lough Fea, Co Tyrone, and Scotland set a November record at Loch Glascarnoch, with as snow fell in Scotland, Northern Ireland and North East England.
Topcliffe in North Yorkshire saw a temperature of on 2 December, making it the coldest night recorded in Yorkshire.
AA said that 29 November 2010 was one of its busiest times in its entire 105-year history as they were called to more than 200,000 broken down drivers across the UK. Road conditions in the
Dublin area were made dangerous after freezing temperatures and snow led to icy surfaces and paths were made Icy by frost.
France A record was measured 30 November in
Orléans, France. This is the lowest temperature in November at sea level in France. Ice and snow led to power outages in Orléans.
Scandinavia Trondheim, Norway's third-biggest city, located in
Central Norway, experienced the coldest November since the beginning of recording temperatures in 1788. Especially the last week of November saw temperatures below normal. Severe blizzards hit southern Sweden and Denmark, affecting flights at
Copenhagen Airport. Over of snow fell.
Helsinki and
Stockholm recorded their coldest November nights on record, at . According to
thelocal.se Sweden had its coldest and snowiest start to the winter in 100 years. The east coast of Sweden experienced heavy snowfall in November/December, coming from very cold air influenced by the still open water of the
Baltic Sea and the
Gulf of Bothnia. On 22 December 2010, there were 56 centimeters of snow in
Helsinki, Finland. Throughout the winter, the snow had caused a one-minute increase in the average response time of the city's fire and rescue department. In Sweden there was severe snowfall near Christmas, especially in Scania on 23 December, on Öland on 24 December, and in South Norrland coast on 26 December. These were very important Christmas travel days, and caused heavy travel disturbances, especially for trains. Worst hit was
Bornholm, Denmark on 23 December, which got all roads unpassable for days, which meant that arriving visitors had to celebrate
Christmas in schools or hotels, Bornholm got to 130 cm snow in December 2010, the deepest snow cover on record in Denmark's weather history. In January, the temperatures in Sweden were warmer than normal, Malmö had 0 °C, Stockholm −3 °C and Luleå -11 °C on average. South Sweden had 0–1 °C above normal, but south Norrland had 2–4 °C above normal. The snow cover mostly remained in all the country during this month. In February, the temperatures in Sweden were again colder than normal, Malmö had −1 °C, Stockholm −5 °C and Luleå -16 °C on average. South Sweden had 0–2 °C below normal, but north Norrland had 3–5 °C below normal. There was a storm on 8 February over Skåne and neighbourhood with a sustained wind of up to 30 m/s. The temperature reached −42.6 °C in
Nikkaluokta, the coldest in Sweden this winter.
Estonia November started with very high temperatures across
Estonia, temperatures rose up to 13 °C, but a week later a cold front crossed Estonia bringing storms with up to 20 cm of snowfall, but it melted very fast. End of November temperatures went down to -27 °C. On 9 and 10 December
snowstorm Monika brought severe snowfall and blizzards to Estonia. Little town of
Väike-Maarja received in 24 hours up to 40 cm of snow. Six hundred cars with people were trapped on the road in
Padaorg,
Viru-Nigula. Many of
Tallinn airport's flights were cancelled because of heavy snowfall. Schools were closed. Another snowstorm Scarlett brought a very heavy snowfall on 24 December, again many people were trapped and the roads were closed. Between those 2 storms, lake effect brought more snow, so by the end of the December many places in Estonia had up to 50 to 80 cm of snow. The year-lowest temperature was in Jõgeva -33.4 °C, on 18 February.
Germany Germany experienced its coldest December since 1969. The average temperature was −3.7 °C which was 4.5 °C below the long-term mean. This made December 2010 the fourth-coldest of the last 120 years. Only 1890, 1969 and 1933 were colder. The cold was strongest in the northern half of Germany with deviations from the long-term mean between −5 °C and −6 °C. The month was slightly milder in the south, due to two notable periods of thawing and maximum temperatures of up to +15 °C around 8 December and shortly before Christmas. Additionally to the cold, about 60% of the German Weather Service's weather stations below 200 metres' elevation saw record snow falls for December. Notably, Aachen, in Germany's west, had 36 cm of snow, breaking the old record of 25 cm. The heavy snowfalls between 22 and 25 December provided for a white Christmas for all of Germany – the first time since 1981. Similar conditions had already occurred at the beginning of the month. At Germany's busiest airport in Frankfurt, many flights were cancelled for the second day running on 2 December due to the severe weather conditions. Munich Airport and rail transport were also affected.
Poland Eighteen people died from exposure in Poland in the first two days of December 2010, when temperatures dropped as low as . A church in
Diepenbeek collapsed on 24 December under the weight of the snow. == Record-low temperatures ==