The 2010 cold snap

We’ve put together this archive on the 2010 cold snap with articles covering climate, wildlife, records, interesting photos and history.

Information about the 2010 cold spell

  • December 2010 was coldest since 1890
  • Ice floes in Morecambe Bay
  • Are severe winters becoming the norm in Britain?
  • Coldest place in Britain's second Big Freeze of 2010
  • Lowest ever temperature recorded in Northern Ireland
  • Cranes in frozen England
  • Results of 2010 RSPB Garden Birdwatch
  • Spring will be spectacular
  • Photo of the 2010 Freeze
  • Ice skating in the Fens
  • Praise for feeding birds in winter
  • Unusual snow phenomenon in Frozen Britain
  • Countryside birds moving into urban areas
  • Good things about the cold snap
  • Sleeping in an igloo
  • Cold kills thousands of crabs
  • The cold snap - Orwell 1940
  • Tips for going out in freezing weather
  • Baby badger rescued from the cold
  • Animal welfare during cold spell
  • Estuary ice
  • Severe weather advice
  • Unusual birds in the garden
  • Ideas for walking in the snow
  • How to build an igloo
  • What’s causing the cold winter?
  • The coldest place in Britain
  • Coldest temperature this 2010 winter
  • Winter wildlife emergency
  • Record lowest temperatures in the UK
  • Help birds through the cold
  • Keeping warm in the snow