November set to come to very chilly end with sleet and snow likely

If you haven’t already, now might be the time to fetch the hot water bottle and fluffy socks – the current chilly weather won’t be ending any time soon.

There’s a chance November may even bow out with sleet and snow around the country, according to the Met Office.

Forecasters believe there will be a mild start to this week, before we’re plunged into a freeze that could fall as low as -8°C.

That’s even colder than the coldest night of autumn so far, recorded in Shap, Cumbria, where the mercury dropped down to 7.7°C on Saturday.

It was the lowest temperature recorded anywhere in England, Wales or Northern Ireland so far in 2023.

However, there’s a high possibility things will be getting chillier later this week.

Met Office meteorologist Greg Dewhurst said it’s ‘generally a cold week to come’ with frost and fog as ‘the main features initially’.

He continued: ‘Then (there is) potential for some rain and some hill snow as we move through the latter part of Wednesday into Thursday.’

There’s an area of low pressure arriving from the south-west which could meet cold air over the south of England and Wales around Thursday to form rain, sleet and snow.

Hathersage in the Peak District was covered in a beautiful frost on Saturday (Credits: Ioannis Alexopoulos/LNP)

Before all that, it looks like today may be a little warmer – with parts of southern England and Wales scraping into double digits for temperature.

But it won’t last for long. By tomorrow, figures will have started to slide ahead of a largely dry day with some early fog and a few sunny spells.

On Tuesday night, most of the country will drop below zero, with -2°C to -5°C for most and a chance of -8°C for the north of England and rural Scotland.

Some northern hills could get a dusting of snow in the next few days, before we officially get cracking with winter when December arrives on Friday.

Fair to say hot chocolate season has officially begun. 

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