On Mon, 5 Jan 2009 at 06:56:20, Weatherlawyer
wrote in uk.sci.weather :

On Jan 5, 9:48*am, brian blair wrote:
My rain collected in my MO gauge plastic bottle had frozen this morning,
not often that happens. -8.5 C on the grass last night and -4.5 C air
when i recorded. We had rain/sleet just after teatime and then we had a
sharp frost.

Some light snow flurries as I type.

Do they still make those little paraffin burners that you could put
under your car on those not all that rare frosty nights in the days
before antifreeze?

If you could find one in a car boot sale or an hurricane lamp or
something like, then you won't get a problem like that ever again as
long as you remember to keep it filled and lit.

Though given the OP mentioned a *plastic* bottle, probably not the best
idea - though you'd be right about the problem never occurring again...

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Paul Hyett, Cheltenham (change 'invalid83261' to 'blueyonder' to email me)