What the Met Office say about the chance of a white Christmas this weekend

manchestereveningnews.co.uk:

With Christmas only a few days away and temperatures getting noticeably colder all across the country, you may be wondering what the chances are of a white Christmas this year.

Despite Christmas weather in many parts of the UK ending up dark, cloudy and sometimes rainy, there's always that small bit of hope that snow will hit the ground for at least one special day.

The Met Office states that since 1960, around half of the years have seen at least 5 per cent of the network record for snow falling on Christmas Day.

So, statistically, we can expect more than half of all Christmas Days to be a white Christmas. Despite this, countrywide snow falling on the ground on Christmas day is actually much, much rarer.