Odds of a white Christmas in the UK are looking fairly unfavourable at present.
And this has been reflected in bookmaker’s odds of there being any of the white stuff on the big day.
The last widespread white Christmas in the UK was in 2010, when there was snow on the ground at 83 per cent of stations (the highest amount ever recorded) and snow or sleet fell at 19 per cent of stations.
Chances of a snowy setting for Christmas are not very high, according to forecasters (Photo: Chris Gorman/Getty)Will it be a white Christmas?
This is because it needs to be officially verified both for climate records and also to provide consistency and certainty.
The Met Office has issued a forecast for snow on hills in the north west of Scotland on Saturday evening and wintry showers in Northern Ireland, southern Scotland and northern England overnight to Sunday.
They have rated the chance of a white Christmas as “looking decidedly unlikely”.
Leon Blackman, from Oddschecker, said: “As we move closer to the big day, anticipation for a White Christmas is still high; Aberdeen currently leads the betting markets as the most likely spot to see snow on Christmas Day.
These are odds, according to the comparison site Oddschecker:
Aberdeen – 8/11 42 per cent implied probability Edinburgh – 9/4 31 per cent implied probability Glasgow – 9/4 31 per cent implied probability Newcastle – 3/1 25 per cent implied probability Belfast – 5/1 17 per cent implied probability Leeds – 7/1 13 per cent implied probability Manchester – 8/1 11 per cent implied probability Liverpool – 9/1 10 per cent implied probability Birmingham – 10/1 nine per cent implied probabilityWhat is the weather forecast over the festive period?
From 7am to midnight on Saturday, there are yellow weather warning in place for wind in the Highlands, Eilean Siar, Orkney, Shetland, Central, Tayside, Fife, Grampian, Strathclyde, Lothian Borders and south west Scotland, parts of North Wales, Northern Ireland, Yorkshire and Humber, North West England, North East England and Derbyshire.
Then on Monday conditions will change, the Met Office said winds will ease for the start of next week withesome brightness in the east on Monday, before cloud and rain move in.
Rebekah Hick, Met Office deputy chief meteorologist, said: “We’ll start to see high pressure to the south of the UK bringing in more settled and much milder conditions from Christmas Eve.
“We could see some drizzle across hills in the west, and some more persistent rain is possible for northwest Scotland but overall, it will be a fairy cloudy, nondescript day.
“East and northeast Scotland, for example, could see overnight temperatures that are 10°C above average on Christmas morning.”
So dreams of a white Christmas have not been shattered completely just yet.
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