Sunny blue sky grey clouds view landward side of sand-dune with frosty marram grass, ST Annes, Fylde Coast, Lancashire, UK, December 2010
The winter of 2010-2011 included the UK's coldest December since Met Office Records began in 1910. The UK's mean December 2010 temperature was minus one degree Celsius. In some places the temperature was down to minus ten degrees Celsius (14 degrees F). Late November to Boxing Day 2010 included two spells of severe winter weather in the UK with very low temperatures and significant snowfall. The UK was under the influence of a prolonged north-easterly airstream, drawing bitterly cold air from Northern Europe and Siberia. The beach in and around St Annes, on Lancashire's Fylde Coast, in December 2010 displayed large areas of land-fast sea ice, several centimetres thick. View of the landwards side of frosty marram grass sand-dunes, north of St Annes Pier.
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Location: Frosty sand-dunes, St Annes, Fylde Coast, Lancashire, UK
Photo credit: © robert harrison / Alamy / Afripics
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