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Dec 25, 2020 · Parts of the UK have woken up to snowy scenes, with a "white Christmas" officially declared by the Met Office. Snowfall was spotted from Suffolk and Cambridgeshire to East Riding of Yorkshire...
- What Is A White Christmas?
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The definition that the Met Office uses to define a white Christmas is for one snowflake to be observed falling in the 24 hours of 25 December somewhere in the UK. Traditionally we used to use a single location in the country to define a white Christmas, which was the Met Office building in London. However, with the increase in betting on where wil...
We can accurately forecast if snow is likely on any given Christmas Day up to five days beforehand. Since 1960, around half of the years have seen at least 5% of the network record snow falling on Christmas Day. This means we can probably expect more than half of all Christmas Days to be a 'white Christmas'. However, the Dickensian scene of widespr...
Technically, 2022 was the last white Christmas in the UK with 9% of stations recording snow falling, although none reported any snow lying on the ground. Before that 2021 and 2020 were also white Christmases, with 6% of weather stations recording snow falling in both years, but less than 1%of stations reported any snow lying on the ground in 2021 a...
Dec 25, 2020 · The Met Office forecast for Christmas Day reads: "Fine and dry for many, sunniest skies over southern UK. "Early showers over parts of eastern England will fade later. Further north, cloudier...
Dec 18, 2023 · Snow is expected to fall from midnight on Christmas Day in northern England, Scotland and the Highlands. The Met Office said it has a 'high degree of confidence' the UK would see snow over Christmas, but added that it may not hit the whole of the country.
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Dec 20, 2021 · Some northern parts of the UK could see snowfall on Christmas Day, the Met Office has said. Scotland, the far north of England and Northern Ireland are most likely to get a white Christmas...
Dec 13, 2020 · According to the UK Met Office, snow or sleet falls 3.9 days on average during December, 5.3 days in January, 5.6 in February and 4.2 in March. White Christmases were more frequent in the 18th and 19th centuries.
Dec 3, 2023 · Met Office bosses have given their latest verdict on whether there will be a white Christmas in the UK this year following snowy scenes this weekend. Parts of the country have ground to a...
