Temperatures dip to -1.7C in Oxfordshire last night

9:37am Friday 25th January 2013 in News By Ellie Simmonds

OXFORDSHIRE experienced freezing temperatures last night but they were not as low as initially forecast.

Temperatures fell to only -1.7C at Brize Norton and -1.5C at Benson.

The Met office had forecast temperatures of -5C for urban areas and about -8C for rural areas.

The temperatures recorded were overnight up to 6am this morning.

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livid99 says...
11:35am Fri 25 Jan 13

Sorry, but a night time temperature of just below freezing, in January, is not a newsworthy event.

The fact that the actual weather did not accurately match what was forecast by the Met Office. That is not news either.

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marathon2012 says...
12:26pm Fri 25 Jan 13

Yet another stupid story by the mail they must be short of good reporters.
- 1 degree is the norm for this time of year the next story will be we are on flood watch as we allready know.

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marathon2012 says...
12:32pm Fri 25 Jan 13

here we go again even the weather forcast is wrong on the web page just been out to the car and it says 0 degree and a warning of heavy snow around 22 00 hrs visit met check . com

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bart-on simpson says...
1:23pm Fri 25 Jan 13

I am not enjoying all this over the top scaremongering - and then inflation of dire warnings - 36 hours ago, Friday was supposed to be a white blizzard all day, and now, according to one forecast, we might get a few flakes at 6pm, and then rain.

Cry wolf far too many times over the past fortnight.

The BBC reports clearly compete for news time, not accuracy.

Bring back Daniel Corbett from NZ would be one quick fix, but given the role that weather and forecast plays in terms of people's planning and business generally, I think we need an inquiry headed by John Kettley, Brian Cant and Dame Shirley Bassey.

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EricTheRed says...
3:56pm Fri 25 Jan 13

still waiting for this snow....

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