Freezing gales, snow and harsh frosts will hold out until May thanks to plunging temperatures in the Atlantic Ocean. Warned a major big freeze is on the way which when bedded in could stay put well into the beginning of this year (2015). “There is every chance that we could be looking at a very similar scenario to the winter of 1962/63.” The entire year is likely to be dogged by cold blasts with a washout summer on the way, experts said.