Britain will be on course to welcome 2022 following the hottest New Year’s Eve on record, forecasters report.
Snow fell everywhere on weekend, with most parts of Scotland covered by a couple of inches and parts of northern England experiencing up to 5cm.
The Met Office declared a formal white Christmas, after two measurement stations across Scotland recorded snowfall on Boxing Day.
It’s not every year that Great Britain’s picturesque countryside gets snow over Christmas and others shared some snapshots of snow off of Guiseley, near Leeds in West Yorkshire, which was also covered on Boxing Day.
Temperatures are projected to remain a couple of degrees above the average 8 degrees by the end of December.
Annie Shuttleworth, another meteorology officer at the Met Office, said Monday would be a noticeably drier day for northern England and Scotland.
While the cold spell is set to die down for millions in the coming days, this winter could see an extra 25 days of snow.
It will get warmer again later this week
The latest radar shows that the main band of #rain is clearing to the north and east this afternoon ↗️
So it's turning drier further south and west, though there are heavy showers pushing in from the west ☔ pic.twitter.com/btHxE0V4Ua
— Met Office (@metoffice) December 26, 2021
Going for a #BoxingDay stroll this afternoon?
Here's the forecast 👇
☁️ Cloudy skies for most
🌥️ Some sunny spells in the southwest
🌧️ Rain and hill snow moving north and east
🌡️ Mild in the south, cold in the north
💨 Windy in Scotland pic.twitter.com/PNALaFiNLG— Met Office (@metoffice) December 26, 2021
