UK experiences ‘remarkably mild’ weather ahead of Christmas Day | UK News

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Britain is experiencing “remarkably mild” weather on Christmas Eve.

Although conditions today were forecast to be “grey and gloomy”, it will be the hottest day of the week with temperatures of up to 15C in north-east Wales, according to the Met Office.

That’s slightly lower than the warmest Christmas Eve on record, when a temperature of 15.6 degrees was measured at Gordon Castle in Banff and in Craibstone, Aberdeenshire, in 1931.

Meanwhile, in the Midlands, north-east England and north-east Scotland, there could be some “brighter spells”.

People take photos of the colorful sky before sunrise at St Mary's Lighthouse in Whitley Bay on England's northeast coast. Winds of up to 75mph have been forecast for parts of the UK as the Christmas holiday continues to experience disruption caused by bad weather. Picture date: Monday, December 23, 2024.
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People taking pictures of the sky before sunrise at St Mary’s Lighthouse in Whitley Bay this week. Picture: PA

Christmas Day temperatures are expected to drop slightly, with temperatures of 13C in Plymouth and strong winds of up to 50mph in the north and northwest of Scotland.

Britain’s highest temperature on record for Christmas Day is 15.6C, which was in Killerton, Devon, in 1920, according to Met Office data.

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The Met Office has also said that while it won’t be a white Christmas in the UK, there will be heavy snow in higher parts of Croatia, Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Met Office meteorologist Aidan McGivern said: “It’s just going to be cloudy, a lot of low cloud covering the hills in the west, mist around the coast, drizzle here and there, especially for north-west England, and more especially in western Scotland – where the rain will be persistent for the rest of the day with an increasing southwesterly wind.

“But with all this cloud coming off the Atlantic, it’s going to be a remarkably mild Christmas Eve.”