December will continue to be a cold month for parts of the country as the latest weather maps show plummeting temperatures of -4C in the UK. Brits have been feeling the chill as temperatures have dropped below zero on a number of days over the first half of December, and freezing conditions look likely to continue based on the latest projections from forecaster WXCharts. Its maps show nail-biting temperatures on Christmas Day across the country, with snow likely in one region.
December 25 will likely see temperatures of zero and below for most parts of Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland, with warmer temperatures of around 2C felt in the Southeast of England, including areas like London, Kent, Suffolk and Norfolk. WXCharts shows exactly what time temperatures will dip to their lowest, and where in the country snow might hit on Christmas Day and Boxing Day.
WXCharts latest map shows temperatures below freezing stretching from the south of Wales to English counties like Warwickshire and Gloucestershire.
Conditions get much colder heading north, as most of the North of England, including major cities like Manchester and Liverpool, will see temperatures drop to around -2C around midday on Christmas Day.
Scotland, as usual, is set to be the coldest region of the UK, with temperatures in counties Perthshire, Aberdeenshire, and Inverness-shire expected to range between -2C and -4C.
Meanwhile, several areas will face snow on Christmas Day and Boxing Day, according to the latest weather maps. At the moment, the maps project snow will hit:
England:
East Riding of YorkshireSouth YorkshireWest YorkshireLancashireGreater ManchesterNorth YorkshireDurhamTyne and WearNorthumberland
Scotland:
RoxburghshireSellkirkshirePeeblesshireBerwickshireEast LothianMidlothianPerthshireAngusKincardineshireAberdeenshireBanffshireMorayNairnshireInverness-shireRoss & CromartySutherlandArgyll
For most of the country, the Met Office has separately said the chance of persistent snow at Christmas is unlikely, due to recent climbs in temperatures.
In a video released on Tuesday via the Met Office's YouTube channel, meteorologist Aiden McGivern said: "At the moment, there are some subtle hints of some more settled weather or, at least, less unsettled weather evolving through that week of Christmas. So there are no signs of any cold weather, or snow.
"It is mostly low pressure with spells of rain and wind, and so on... There is that promise towards the end of the year of something a little bit less unsettled."
