Amateur Weatherman Predicts January Could be the Coldest Since 1740

Britain should be prepared for more snow chaos according to a local forecaster who believes January could be the coldest in 270 years.

Amateur weatherman Harry Kershaw, 84, from Sale, correctly predicted that last winter would be similar to the 1979 Winter of Discontent.

Now he believes the coming January could be as bad as in 1740, when the Thames froze in London and daytime temperatures failed to rise above -9C.

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