The low temperatures have also been accompanied at times by heavy snow. During early February, the heaviest snowfall for 18 years was experienced over many areas of the UK.
Mean temperatures (in degrees Celsius) across the UK.
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Some low night time minimum temperatures from across the UK were also recorded this winter.
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Although cold, this year's low temperatures are put into context when compared to the all-time minimum figures for the UK nations.
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The cold weather has been in contrast to the run of very mild winter temperatures that have been recorded over recent years.
Natural variability of climate means that the UK will continue to see spells of colder weather at times. Although, if it had not been for the general warming already observed in global temperatures, this winter may well have been even colder.
Peter Stott, Climate Scientist at the Met Office, said: "Despite the cold winter this year, the trend to milder and wetter winters is expected to continue, with snow and frost becoming less of a feature in the future.
"The famously cold winter of 1962/63 is now expected to occur about once every 1,000 years or more, compared with approximately every 100 to 200 years before 1850."
Comment: It is apparent that the UK Met Office employees have gotten their orders from headquarters.
How many times can the psychological reinforcement of "Global Warming" be injected into the minds of the reader?
It would have been a really bad winter if it wasn't for all that man made global warming!
Natural variability means we can still have cold weather but you should continue with the expectation we have told you to have that winters are going to become milder and milder.
Don't expect to have a really severe winter for at least a thousand years.
How many times can the psychological reinforcement of "Global Warming" be injected into the minds of the reader?