READ MORE “Temperatures are expected to trend close to average, although some overnight frosts are still possible, mainly in northern parts of the country.” Last month saw the highest and lowest temperatures of the UK’s winter season recorded, in one of the most up-and-down Februaries of recent years. Cold conditions from the east brought temperatures right down to a freezing -23C at Braemar in Aberdeenshire on February 11. That was the lowest temperature in the UK since 1955 and the lowest in February since 1955, according to the Met Office. Forecasters said a southerly flow brought warm weather from the Canaries in Spain and Africa, which led to the season’s highest temperature at 18.4C in Suffolk on February 24.