Kingsteignton weather watcher Mark Rowe confirmed what everyone was saying this week – it was freezing.

In Sandygate his thermometer plummeted to -9 Celsius (16F) on Friday, falling further still to -9.4 Celsius (14.5F) on Tuesday 7th.

'The temperature of -9.4C is the coldest that I have recorded here stretching back to August 1993,' he said

'The previous record of -9.2C (15F) was attained in January this year.'

Mark also confirmed that November had been slightly wetter than usual, with a recorded rainfall of 4.53 inches, the long term November average being 4.29 inches.

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