Weather and climate change

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Cloudy into Tuesday. Turning brighter and colder for Christmas.

This Evening and Tonight:

Largely cloudy overnight, resulting in hill fog and patchy drizzle. Any clearer spells most likely in the west. Longer outbreaks of rain possible for the Northern Isles and Cornwall, where breezy. Mostly frost free.

Tuesday:

Cloud lingering, with brighter breaks typically in the west. Dry for most but pockets of drizzle still possible. Turning breezier in the east and south, feeling colder as a result.

Outlook for Wednesday to Friday:

Cloud breaking into the Christmas period with more sunny spells emerging. Largely dry, but also turning colder with a notable wind chill across England and Wales.

Updated: 16:00 (UTC) on Mon 22 Dec 2025

High pressure is likely to dominate across the UK at the start of this period and through to the end of the year. This means that weather conditions will be largely settled and for many places it will remain dry. It may often be rather cloudy, but any rainfall that does develop is expected to be light with overall accumulations small. Winds will mostly be light with temperatures close to or slightly below normal. Into 2026, little change is anticipated through the first week of January, with settled and mainly dry conditions continuing for many parts of the UK. However, there is a small chance that more unsettled, wetter and milder weather could develop at times, particularly in the north.

Updated: 14:00 (UTC) on Mon 22 Dec 2025

High pressure will probably lie close to the UK through much of this period and bring a large amount of dry and settled weather, especially in the south, with rainfall most likely in the north. Temperatures are expected to be close to or slightly below normal. Toward the end of this period there is potential for more changeable or unsettled conditions to develop more widely.

Updated: 15:00 (UTC) on Mon 22 Dec 2025