Forecasters said the temperature was recorded overnight into today in Braemar, Aberdeenshire.
The Met Office tweeted: "In northern Scotland it's been very #cold, with a low of -10.2C at Braemar, making it the coldest night of the year so far."
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The Met Office yellow warning ran from 2am until 11am on Thursday, and said up to 8cm of snow could fall.
It recorded a temperature of minus 27.2C on January 10, 1982, which was equalled in Altnaharra, Sutherland, on December 30, 1995.
