Cold January but not a record

The first month of 2011 (where does the time go?) has gone into the record books as a fair bit colder than normal, but still a bit warmer than January 2010. The cold temperatures were due mainly to the beginning of the month which saw the last (hopefully) of the snow disappear off the streets. The last couple of weeks have been dominated by highish pressure which has resulted in mostly dull and uneventful weather. The month's rainfall was a bit below average but nothing remarkable.