Easter Sunday has been confirmed as the coldest Easter day on record, with the lowest temperature recorded as -12.5C in Braemar, in the Scottish Highlands .

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The current lowest temperature recorded during this freeze is -18C in Braemar, Aberdeenshire, on 29 December.

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It is the place where thermometers recorded the lowest ever temperature on Earth - minus 89C on 21 July 1983.

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The previous lowest survived body temperature, 14.4degC, was recorded in a child.

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The fact that Romania has an average January temperature in the mid-20s, the lowest per capita income in the European Union and is the home to both Dracula and Copsa Mica, one of the most polluted cities in the world, never entered into my thinking.

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Marham recorded a temperature of -13.1C (8.4F) overnight, the lowest in the UK this winter.

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That's because the body's hormone levels (such as cortisol) vary during the day and cause a person's temperature to be the highest between about 4 and 6 p.m. and lowest around 6 a.m.

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