There will be an added wind-chill factor, and the risk of ice after bitterly cold early mornings.

It remained bitterly cold for the rest of that autumn, although the weather performed an about-turn when the winter turned largely mild.

The troops suffered atrocious conditions in bitterly cold winters, with temperatures down to minus 30C.

It was bitterly cold and depressing.

And on a bitterly cold day she was left to fend for herself with countless businessmen and women walking past.