The Met Office has said more cold weather is set to hit Devon with a change in the Jet Stream is to blame.
After one of the coldest nights of the year the Exeter-based office said that over recent weeks, the very strong jet stream across the Atlantic, had been driving areas of intense low pressure towards the UK. This had bought spells of very wet, windy but relatively mild conditions to the country.
But now, although the wind and heavy rain has eased, there is now a colder feel to the weather, both by day and night. This because the jet stream has weakened and its track has moved further south, keeping the deep low pressure systems away from our shores.
The spokesman said: "However, now the UK is to the north of the jet stream we are on its cold side, and this has allowed colder weather to feed in across the country.
"As we look ahead into the weekend and next week, the cold weather looks likely to continue. Daytime temperatures will be near or below average and there will be some frosty nights, as temperatures fall below freezing in many areas. We'll see some sunny spells around and there will also be showers or longer spells of precipitation in places, giving a mixture of rain, hail, sleet or snow, which may settle in some areas.
"Because of the threat of wintry weather over the coming days, we encourage everyone to keep up to date with the latest forecasts and national severe weather warnings.
"As we head towards the latter part of the month, we can see some indications that milder weather may return, but there is considerable uncertainty about this so far in advance."
The latest weather warning comes as a charity warned the icy conditions could kill one person every seven minutes in the UK.
Age UK urged people to check on elderly neighbours - particularly if they may be unable to heat their homes.
