Met office forecasts snow tonight as uk summer gets off to cold start

MIGHT THE UK SEE SNOW IN JUNE? 17:13, 03 Jun 2025 After a record-breaking amount of sun in spring, the weather in the UK has taken a turn for the worst and the Met Office has now forecast

that parts of the country could see SNOW during the first official week of summer. Spring 2025 broke historical climate records, according to provisional Met Office statistics, as the UK

recorded its warmest spring for mean temperature since records began in 1884. Putting this into context, the Met Office revealed that spring 2025 is now the fourth sunniest season overall

for the UK, with only three summers sunnier since 1910. But in true British style, just as we enter the months of summer, this has all changed. The past week has seen heavy rainfall and

strong winds affect large parts of the country, feeling much cooler than it has been over spring. And tonight, forecasters have warned that temperatures up north could drop so low that areas

of higher ground could see the return of snow. Article continues below The Met Office explained on X, formerly known as Twitter: "Freezing levels will temporarily drop to around 600m

through this evening and into the early hours across northern Scotland, allowing for some snow to fall over the mountain tops here." Alongside the post on X, the Met Office shared a

moving map which shows which areas could see snow. Northern areas of Scotland, which are the highest above sea level, could see some snowfall over the evening and night on Tuesday, June 3,

going into Wednesday, June 4. It comes as overnight temperatures in northern Scotland are set to drop to around 5C tonight, according to Met Office forecasts. In a new blog post, the Met

Office explained that the change in the UK's weather is down to "a cold front" moving in, bringing with it "wetter and windier weather on Tuesday and into

Wednesday". The weather agency confirmed that this could mean snow falling over high ground in Scotland "over the next couple of days" but added that this "isn’t the

weather the vast majority of people will experience". Looking at the long-range UK-wide weather forecast, the Met Office has predicted for the first half of June: "Changeable

weather across the UK at the start of this period with showers or some longer spells of rain spreading in from the Atlantic." Although the weather may be changeable, temperatures are

expected to be "near normal, or slightly below", with the potential for some warm or hot weather which could be accompanied by "heavy showers and thunderstorms". Article

continues below Looking even further ahead at the period between June 18 and July 2, things are looking slightly better. The Met Office prediction reads: "Mid-June will probably see a

good deal of dry weather across the UK with high pressure tending to dominate, especially in the south. "Toward the end of June and start of July, details are uncertain but conditions

may become more changeable with some periods of unsettled weather. Temperatures will probably be slightly higher than normal, perhaps turning hot at times."