After a relatively mild festive season, it looks like snow may be on the cards for London this January
LONDON WEATHERThough most of December was relatively mild weather-wise, we got pretty battered up by Storm Henk at the start of the New Year and now it looks like we’re due for freezing weather as yet another cold snap is heading for London.
Arctic air is landing on the UK this week and it won’t just be cold, multiple sources are predicting that we’ll get some snow too. Icey flurries could be falling in London on Weds 17th January, according to Weather25.com’s current forecast for the week. However, while the Met Office is also predicting sub-zero conditions, with temperatures set to drop to -3°C (though it will feel like a frigid -7°C), they aren’t predicting snowfall at the moment – still, we can expect very frosty mornings.
This will be the third bout of cold weather and snow so far this winter. Last week, we had the tiniest hint of snow accompanied by several days of super low temps and during the last week of November, cold air from Scandinavia put London’s temperature in single figures during the day and at between -1 and 0°C overnight.
Will it snow in London in 2024?
As mentioned above, there are some forecasts showing sprinkles of snow in London this January, but there may still be more on the horizon.
As the Met Office, the UK’s national weather service, writes: “We are more likely to see snow between January and March than in December”. So, there’s still a good three months during which we might see snowfall here in the capital.