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"The average temperature since December 1 has been a perishing -1C," says Hughes. This makes it the second coldest since records began in 1659. "The chilliest on record was 1683/84, when the average was -1.17C and the River Thames froze over for two months. "But with January and February to come, experts believe we could suffer the most freezing cold winter in the last 1,000 years. "Although official weather records only go back to 1659, weather experts said the centuries from 1100 to 1500, dubbed the “Medieval warm period”, would not have produced winters as cold as today. "So 2011 could end up being the coldest winter of the last millennium." This looks suspiciously like the makings of a little ice age to me.
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