The lowest temperature in Altnaharra was -14.5C on the coldest night time of the winter.

Temperatures fell to -17.3C in a village in northern Scotland on Friday – Britain's coldest January night time in 15 years.

The Met Office stated the mercury fell shortly earlier than 20:00 in Altnahara, within the northernmost area of the Highlands.

This is the coldest in a single day temperature in January since 2010, when temperatures dropped under -15C in a number of areas throughout the UK, together with -22.3C in Altnaharra on 8 January.

Forecasters stated they weren’t anticipating it to drop under -18C on Friday, however there was a small likelihood it may attain -19C.

The temperature in Altnaharra was -14.5C on Thursday night time.

More than 50 faculties remained closed within the Highlands on Friday, whereas 13 faculties remained closed in Aberdeenshire.

Hundreds of different pupils have additionally been given the time off because of the closure in Moray, Shetland and the Outer Hebrides.

Temperatures are set to drop once more throughout massive elements of the UK because the chilly climate continues.

Met Office meteorologist Alex Deakin stated: “This current cold spell could be at its lowest from Friday night into Saturday morning.”

Temperatures in Scotland's cities and cities can attain -2C to -5C and within the Highlands they will attain -14C or -15C.

The common minimal temperature in northern Scotland presently of 12 months is round 0.3C.

Met Office meteorologist Zoe Hutin stated: “It's certainly going to be a cold night, particularly under clear skies in the east and north and also in rural areas.”

Ms Hutin stated the cloud cowl was not lowering the temperature however it might nonetheless be chilly.

It can also be forecast to be chilly on Saturday, and Ms Hutin stated: “We still have the night to go, and tomorrow night could be cold too.

“The temperatures tomorrow night, it will be mainly eastern parts where temperatures will fall below zero widely, so East Anglia, the north-east of England, northern and eastern Scotland as well.

“So we're going to have another cool night on Saturday, but then as we go into Sunday and Monday, then we can expect temperatures to improve somewhat.

“I wouldn't rule out the risk of seeing something around or just below freezing again Sunday night into Monday, but it won't be as dramatic as the temperatures we're going to experience overnight.” Going.”

Looking forward to next week, she said: “We're saying it's getting milder, but that doesn't mean (the temperature) will be above average – it's going to feel comparatively much more pleasant than it is at the moment.” will be.”

The UK has experienced “particularly prolonged cold”, he said: “It's been getting progressively colder every night this week, whereas looking at previous years, we've probably had two or three days like that.” There have been times when things have been particularly cold. ,

Across the country, Scottish Water said it had seen a 30% increase in incidents of pipe bursts across its network of water mains as well as domestic and commercial properties.

The company said it expects further increases over the weekend and next week as temperatures will fall and then rise again.

A spokesperson said: “We will work to repair bursts on our network as quickly as possible and, although it is the responsibility of property owners to repair bursts on their property, we can sometimes help with this.

“Scottish Water is monitoring weather conditions and its network around the clock and has teams of engineers ready to deploy whenever needed.”