Overview
- New Year’s Eve is set to be mostly dry and overcast, with temperatures around 3–4°C at midnight and generally manageable winds.
- New Year’s Day turns more unsettled, bringing brisk to strong winds and showers, with an increasing risk of hail or wet snow and a lower wind chill.
- Colder, showery weather persists into the first weekend of January, when brief, local snow cover and slippery spots are possible.
- Forecasters highlight sharp coastal–inland differences, with the coast often near 5–6°C and rain or wet snow, and the interior closer to freezing with chances for snow and nighttime frost.
- Weeronline now signals the first half of January running below average and a strong chance the full month comes in colder than the 30-year norm, which would be the first time since 2021.