The Met Office said the mercury could drop to -15C in some areas
With yellow weather warnings in place until Friday, March 10, there is a chance temperatures may plummet to -15C on Tuesday night in some Scottish glens, especially where there is fresh snowfall.
The lowest temperature recorded in the UK so far this year is minus 10.4C, which was recorded at Drumnadrochit near Inverness in the Highlands in the early hours of January 19. Temperatures are set to drop almost six degrees below their coldest last March, when they reached minus 9.1C in Aboyne, Aberdeenshire.
However a second warning in place from 3am on Thursday to 6pm on Friday could see more than 20cm of snowfall in parts of the country. Scotland is expected to see the heaviest fall on Friday as elevated areas could get a hefty 40cm. Dale Hipkiss, National Network Manager at National Highways, said people should keep warm clothes and a torch in their car in case they get stuck in icy conditions.
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