Inch and a half in Carmarthen in 45 mins this morning and jolly chilly, followed by blue sky, weak sun and still air - glorious!
Spoke to our Minnesota relatives last night: they'd had 10 inches; by January cold snaps will see it below zero in Farenheit in the day, and minus 25 Farenheit at night - from experience I can confirm that that's seriously uncomfortable! For comparison, on winter bothying trips in the Cairngorms I've rarely seen it below 10 deg F.