Suffolk: -7.6C temperatures overnight is coldest since 2021

People across the county woke up with frost on the ground and a chill in the air this morning after temperatures neared -8C just hours earlier.

According to Weatherquest, the coldest overnight temperature was -7.6C and recorded at Santon Downham, near the Norfolk border.

The second coldest reading was in Cavendish, which hit -6.6C last night.

Nearby, Wattisham reached -6.2C and Brooms Barn hit -4C.

EAST: Last night was the coldest January night in the region since... 2021.

-7.9°C Marham
-7.6°C Santon Downham
-7.3°C Woburn
-6.7°C Writtle
-6.6°C Cavendish
-6.2°C Wattisham
-5.9°C Rothamsted
-5.8°C Tibenham
-5.6°C Cambridge NIAB + Monks Wood
-5.5°C High Beach + Wittering pic.twitter.com/QN2sM3Hi1b

— Dan Holley (@danholley_) January 17, 2023

In all of East Anglia, the coldest temperature was recorded at Marham in Norfolk, which returned a reading of -7.9C.

A frosty field in Barrow, near Bury St Edmunds, this morning (Image: Newsquest)

Last night's freeze exceeded the -4C expectations which were forecasted for the county over the weekend.

Daytime temperatures are also not predicted to rise above 5C in the coming days.