UK gets direct Arctic flow

 Cold enough, but not that cold.

I thought this would happen all winter, but we got that huge Pacific heating event.

You can see that the Northern Hemisphere is settling down, so not as warm as last year.  However, we won't hear about it.

ps.  it's funny that the warmies are trying to counteract the impression that the UK has been cold, wet and miserable.  They are using selected charts and parameters to say it was warm and wonderful.