Met Office confirms 2023 is a white Christmas as snow falls in parts of UK

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The Met Office has declared this year an official white Christmas after snow fell in parts of the UK.. The Met Office recorded snow, sleet, and rain across parts of Scotland, with Tulloch Bridge and Aviemore seeing flakes fall.

It said that Monday officially marks a white Christmas which is defined by a single snowflake falling on Christmas Day, instead of the blankets of snow we often expect.

It comes after the weather service recorded the highest daily minimum temperatures for Christmas Day since records began. At Exeter Airport and East Malling, Kent, temperatures have not fallen below 12.4C, beating the previous record of 11.5C measured at Waddon in Croydon in 1983. READ MORE: The latest news from the Manchester Evening News JOIN: The FREE Manchester Evening News WhatsApp community The Met Office announced the minimum temperature record on X, formerly Twitter, stating: "It has been a very mild 24 hours across parts of the UK. “Provisionally this Christmas we have recorded the highest daily minimum temperature for Christmas Day on record, with both Exeter Airport and East Malling not falling below 12.4C.” Forecaster Dan Stroud said: “We’re drawing our weather from the mid-Atlantic, which is typically a very warm direction for us.” The warmest Christmas Day on record so far was 15.6C in 1920, followed by the warmest Christmas Eve in 1931 with temperatures of 15.5C in Aberdeen and Banff, Scotland.