White Christmas? Met Office reveals the place snow may fall with Christmas Day climate forecast | EUROtoday

The Met Office has given its verdict on whether or not the UK will see a white Christmas this 12 months.

While temperatures will drop as little as -5C in elements of the nation, it appears to be like like snow won’t be making an look on 25 December.

Met Office spokesperson Oliver Claydon mentioned a white Christmas was “highly unlikely” and that as an alternative Christmas Day will probably be largely dry and even see spells of sunshine.

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“It will feel colder than of late with temperatures in the mid to high single figures,” he mentioned. “It will feel especially cold across the windier south coast in the easterly wind

“Parts of eastern Scotland and northeast England will be rather cloudy at times. The far southwest of England will also turn rather cloudy for a time, with cloud perhaps thick enough for a spot of rain. It will also be windy across England and Wales, especially in southern England where there is a risk of coastal gales.”

While the Met Office has solid doubt on prospects of a white Christmas for most individuals, there’s a small probability {that a} smattering of snow might fall on Dartmoor, as afternoon rain showers push into elements of Devon and Cornwall on Christmas Day.

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Overall, the nationwide climate image for the Christmas interval factors to chilly climate however blue skies.

Brisk winds selecting up from Christmas Eve on Wednesday will make the marginally below-average temperatures for this time of 12 months really feel near freezing for a lot of the nation. By Thursday night, temperatures may plummet to as little as 2C in Scotland, Cardiff Bute and London.

Northern Scotland is anticipated to see the coldest temperatures in a single day, dropping as little as -5C.

Met Office meteorologist Becky Mitchell mentioned: “It will turn colder from Christmas Eve, with a strong wind across much of England and Wales, so temperatures on the thermometer will be a little bit below average: around 6C or 7C as a max, generally.

“And then when you add on that wind chill of an easterly wind, it will probably feel more like freezing from Christmas Eve onwards.

“It’s a bit colder than average, not unusual for the time of year, but in terms of averages, it would be a bit below.”

Despite the chilly finish to the 12 months, 2025 may nonetheless be the UK’s hottest 12 months on file. The imply temperature for the 12 months thus far, as of 21 December, is monitoring effectively forward of the earlier highest 12 months set in 2022.

The imply temperature is presently anticipated to settle at 10.05C, in contrast with 2022’s already record-breaking 10.03C. If confirmed, 2025 will probably be solely the second 12 months in observational information the place the UK’s annual imply temperature has topped 10C.

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MET OFFICE FESTIVE OUTLOOK

Christmas Eve

The climate on Wednesday night is about to be usually dry and cloudy, with clear spells seemingly within the far south and west, in response to the Met Office. It is prone to be windy within the south with some fog forecasted in northern Scotland.

Christmas Day

The forecast for Thursday will probably be primarily dry with some sunshine throughout the nation. It is anticipated to be cloudier within the northeast, and thicker cloud may give patchy rain throughout west Cornwall. It will usually be chilly in every single place with windy circumstances within the south, forecasters say.

Boxing Day

The climate will stay largely dry and settled on Boxing Day and onwards into the weekend. There is prone to be some clear or sunny spells, and it’ll stay chilly and windy within the south, the newest Met Office outlook exhibits.