Natural Phenomena
A low of minus 11.7C was recorded at Chillingham Barns in Northumberland.
February began with the coldest night for seven years.
With the UK and Ireland waking up to a blanket of snow and ice, the Met Office say the roads, schools and airports could be affected until Friday.
Freezing temperatures brought snow to parts of the United Kingdom, including Tynemouth and Hartlepool. Temperatures dipped below freezing across Scotland and the far North of England overnight, with a low of -3.4 recorded at Great Dun Fell in Cumbria.
Thailand's first tropical storm in three decades has killed at least one person after it arrived on the south coast on 4 January 2018. Accompanying winds churned up high waves and gusts in the Gulf of Thailand, as tropical storm Pabuk made landfall in the Pak Phanang district of Nakhon Si Thammarat province. Popular tourist islands such as Koh Samui and Koh Pha Ngan are expected to be affected.
Last year an estimated 78 people died on the country's streets during winter.
Storm Pabuk is expected to whip the southern Thai coast with winds of up to 40mph and waves up to 16ft high.
The quake struck in the early hours of Wednesday amid an ongoing eruption from the volcano.
At least 373 people were killed after Anak Krakatau erupted on Saturday, triggering huge and deadly waves.
It is thought that the tsunami was caused by the eruption of an island volcano.