Will the UK see a white Christmas this year?

Snow has fallen on Christmas Day in the UK 39 times in the last 53 years, according to Met Office data

Christmas trees covered with snow
The official definition used by the Met Office is for one snowflake to be observed falling in the 24 hours of 25 December somewhere in the UK
(Image credit: Karl-Josef Hildenbrand/AFP/Getty)

Those dreaming of a white Christmas this year are likely to be disappointed, with current forecasts predicting rain rather than flurries of snow during the festive season. 

The Met Office has forecast "mild and breezy" weather leading up to Christmas Eve, although Scotland, parts of Northern Ireland and northwest England are likely to see wetter weather.

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Chas Newkey-Burden has been part of The Week Digital team for more than a decade and a journalist for 25 years, starting out on the irreverent football weekly 90 Minutes, before moving to lifestyle magazines Loaded and Attitude. He was a columnist for The Big Issue and landed a world exclusive with David Beckham that became the weekly magazine’s bestselling issue. He now writes regularly for The Guardian, The Telegraph, The Independent, Metro, FourFourTwo and the i new site. He is also the author of a number of non-fiction books.