Temperatures drop to -13.9C overnight as flood warnings issued due to melting snow

Temperatures dropped to -13.9C in Scotland overnight following days of freezing weather and heavy snow.

Kinbrace in the Highlands fell to -13.9C – the lowest overnight temperature in the UK.

It comes after temperatures plummeted to -18.9C on Saturday morning in Altnaharra, which was the UK’s coldest January night in 15 years.

On Sunday, the big freeze is set to finally thaw after days of heavy snow and ice in parts of Scotland which have seen schools and nurseries forced to remain shut despite the end of the Christmas break.

SEPA

As a result, SEPA has issued eight flood alerts for parts of Scotland as the snow melts and rain is forecast,

The amber alerts cover Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire, Argyll and Bute, Caithness and Sutherland, Easter Ross and Great Glen, Findhorn, Nairn and Speyside, Skye and Lochaber, Tayside and Wester Ross.

SEPA said: “Impacts may include flooding of low lying land and roads, disruption to travel, and localised property flooding.”

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