While a lot of the country has battled heavy rain, waves and flooding in recent weeks, Huddersfield has managed to escape the full force of nature.
Thankfully strong winds and a bit of downpour have been the worst we've had to put up with so far this year.
But less fortunate areas of the UK have been battered by storms, with waves as high as 27ft crashing into the coastline.
And high winds over Christmas left 250,000 homes without power, with some families waiting days for the electricity to be restored.
Meanwhile a deep freeze has spread from the US midwest to the east and south, setting record low temperatures from Boston to Birmingham.
The midwest and the east experienced temperatures colder than much of Antarctica.
Click on the gallery above to look at some of the extreme weather that has hit the UK and US
All 50 states saw freezing temperatures at some point yesterday, including Hawaii, where it was -8C (18F) on top of Mauna Kea, a dormant volcano.
The big chill started in the midwest over the weekend, and by yesterday it covered about half of the country.
In New York City, the high was expected to be -12C (10F), and in Boston, around -8C (18F).
Across the south, records were shattered like icicles. Birmingham, Alabama, dipped to a low of -14C ( 7F), breaking the record of -11.7C (11F) set in 1970.
The cold turned deadly as authorities reported at least 21 cold-related deaths across the country since Sunday, including seven in Illinois, and six in Indiana.
The worst should be over in the next day or two, with warmer weather – at least, near or above freezing – forecast for much of the stricken part of the country.
