Overnight freeze sees -11.6C at Shap and -5.1C in Carlisle.

As the cold snap continues, people across the county woke today to freezing temperatures - though conditions were well short of what was seen at Braemar in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

Met Office thermometers recorded a temperature there which was just short of -22.9C, though that is yet to be confirmed.

North Yorkshire was slightly colder than Cumbria, with a recorded low of -13C.

Met Office forecaster Steven Keates described the wintry conditions as a "significant cold spell."

He said: "The temperature in Braemar has yet to be verified but if it is it will be the lowest temperature in the UK since 1995; and it's certainly been very cold across northern England, with double-digit minus temperatures in Northumbria and North Yorkshire."

At around 8am this morning, Carlisle was shivering in a temperature of just above -5C, though at 5am today thermometers in the city area recorded a low of -5.1C.

Bridgefoot, east of Workington in west Cumbria, saw an overnight low of -7.2C while at Newton Rigg near Penrith it got as cold as -8.8C. At St Bees, the temperature this morning was -3.3C.

Mr Keates said there was a risk of snow as we go into the coming weekend when two weather fronts collide, with colder weather from the north-east meeting milder and drier weather.

He added: "Sunday will be the worst day of the weekend and we're likely to see snow and rain and somewhere in that there may be freezing rain, making for a horrible mix of winter hazards, with strong winds."