Yesterday was the coldest day ever recorded in Malta since Malta Weather Services started keeping temperature records at Balzan in 1987. The maximum temperature today was only 7.9°C at Balzan. In fact, for most of the day, the temperature hovered at around 6°C or 7°C. The previous coldest day ever was on 31 January 1999 with a maximum temperature of 8.5°C.

Also, of note was the previous coldest maximum temperature for February recorded on 7 February 2006 with a maximum temperature of only 8.7°C. This means that yesterday’s maximum mean was the coldest day ever for any month since temperature records began in 1987.