Durham Botanic Garden (Durham) weather

Headline:

Clearing skies, becoming cold and frosty.

This Evening and Tonight:

Showers in coastal areas gradually dying out during the evening, leaving a dry night with clear spells. Temperatures will rapidly fall, with frost likely and some freezing fog patches. Minimum temperature -5 °C.

Wednesday:

Frosty start but bright for many, although any freezing fog patches only slowly clearing. Clouding over later with wind increasing, ahead of rain and hill snow arriving overnight. Feeling cold. Maximum temperature 3 °C.

Outlook for Thursday to Saturday:

Wet and very windy with possible gales and some hill snow on Thursday. Unsettled for Friday and Saturday with outbreaks of rain, but turning milder. Winds easing somewhat through Friday.

Updated: 16:00 (UTC) on Tue 5 Dec 2023

This period is likely to often be unsettled with areas of low pressure tracking northeastwards close to or over the UK. This means bands of rain moving in from the west or southwest, interspersed with brighter showery conditions. As such, the wettest weather is likely to be across western high ground, though all parts could see some heavy rain at times. There is a greater than normal likelihood of periods of very windy weather too. Potential for a drier spell of weather to develop for a time around mid-month, particularly in the south, with frost and fog more prevalent. Overall, a relatively mild period for the UK, with above average temperatures more likely than not, especially so in the south and west.

Updated: 14:00 (UTC) on Tue 5 Dec 2023

Most likely to be unsettled with further bands of rain crossing the UK with brighter conditions and showers in between. The wettest and windiest conditions are most likely in the west and northwest. The chance of a colder spell of weather, with hazard such as snow and ice, does increase later in December and into the New Year period. However, conditions are more likely to remain generally mild and wet.

Updated: 15:00 (UTC) on Tue 5 Dec 2023