Winter has finally come to western parts of Germany, too. Today the temperature remained below freezing the whole day, and we reached a low of 23F (-5C) (coldest so far since last winter). Currently, the temperature has dropped to 5F (-15C) in Augsburg, coldest place today (except the mountains).
In the Netherlands, there is currently a remarkable contrast between coldest and warmest station of -8C (17F) versus +7C (45F) within a range of less than 100 miles.