Chance of snow by end of the month

The Met Office’s long range forecast has said that the chances of snow will increase from the last week of November as we begin to see more wintry conditions in the run up to Christmas.

Although the prediction comes from the long range forecast, it could be an early indication of snowfall in the coming months.

On average, the UK gets 33 days of snow fall or sleet a year Most of this is snow falling on higher ground where temperatures are lower.

UK Snow Facts
• On 25 September 1895 snow was reported to have fallen at London and Wallington in Surrey making it the earliest fall of snow on the capital.
• On 2 June 1975 snow showers forced the abandonment of several cricket matches across the country.
• The snowiest winter of the twentieth century in the United Kingdom was 1947. Between 22 January and 17 March snow fell every day somewhere in the country.
• The most disastrous avalanche in the United Kingdom occurred in Lewes, East Sussex on 27 December 1836. Eight people were killed and several houses were destroyed.