Express – Britain is facing a possible three-month big-freeze amid warnings extreme Arctic conditions could see this winter leagued among the harshest of the past century. Sub-zero air sweeping in from the Polar regions will send temperatures plummeting to -10C (14F) this month with snow threatening to blanket the nation until February. This winter could see a raft of 100-year cold and snowfall records tumble, according to some long-range predictions. Further wintry downpours are forecast later this month and through December as experts warn severe weather could hold out well into 2020.

Swathes of Britain are at risk of heavy snow with Scotland, Wales and northern England braced for crippling blizzards. Freezing  Arctic winds pushing thermometers well below-average could put the all-time low of -27.2C (-16.96F) measured in Braemar, Aberdeenshire, in 1895 and 1982 under threat. Exacta Weather forecaster James Madden said: “It is now becoming more plausible that we could experience some type of 100-year cold or snow records being breached this winter, particularly from mid-December. READ MORE