Overview
- Met Office meteorologist Aiden McGivern says there are no signs of cold weather or snow during the Christmas week.
- Temperatures have run above seasonal norms, topping 14C in Teddington and Chelmsford even during recent stormy spells.
- The official outlook highlights Atlantic frontal systems dominating, with occasional but temporary drier interludes.
- Some independent models, including WXCharts, flag a brief chance of snow around December 19–20 reaching as far south as Devon before a return to milder conditions.
- Christmas Day is forecast to be relatively mild with showers and local fog, and bookmakers have lengthened white‑Christmas odds to about 7/4 in much of Scotland and up to 8/1 in parts of England.