 The Northwest Highlands are, on average, not as cold as the higher, snowier Cairngorm mountains which lie to the southeast.However, on 30 December 1995, the UK's lowest temperature was recorded at Altnaharra, at −27.2 °C (−17.0 °F).This matched a similar recording at Braemar in the Grampians on 11 February 1895 and on 10 January 1982.