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Lowest temperature of -14.5C in Altnaharra on winter's coldest night

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Temperature drops to -17.3C in Altnaharra , a hamlet in northern Scotland , on Friday .

It is the coldest January overnight temperature since 2010 , when temperatures dropped below -15C several times.

Forecasters said they were not expecting it to fall below -18C on Friday but there was a very small probability it could reach -19C.

More than 50 schools were closed in the Highlands on Friday , with 13 shut in Aberdeenshire .

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