January was most notable for being on the cold side, in contrast to December.
The mean temperature finished 4.1C, 1.1C below average, over 2C colder than last January.
Some 32.9mm of precipitation was recorded, 62 per cent of the 1981-2010 average, about half what fell last year, the driest January since 2006
Some 55 hours of sunshine were recorded, that’s 109 per cent of average, sunnier than last year.
Fourteen air frosts were recorded.
There were four days where snow fell but only one day of snow lying, 1cm on 23rd.
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My winter forecast went a bit awry in December – I predicted a mean of +0.8C, the outcome was +1.7C. January has been much better, I predicted -1.2C, the outcome is -1.1C! Also… “And another cold spell end of January into the first week of February?”
For February I predicted a mean of -1.7C. The current pattern to continue and signs on the EC of a more robust cold spell with air supplied by a Scandinavian high?
Wanstead Meteo 
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