Met Office Forecast for South-West England

Headline: Sunny spells by day. Cold overnight with a widespread frost.

Today: A largely dry day with plenty of sunny spells compared to Monday, though showers persisting across the Isles of Scilly. Feeling chilly with a brisk breeze along the coasts. Maximum Temperature 7C.

Tonight: Dry for most with plenty of clear spells this evening and overnight. Turning colder with a widespread frost and some freezing fog patches. A few showers in the far west. Minimum Temperature -2C.

Wednesday: A cold and frosty start to New Year's Eve with plenty of winter's sunshine. Light winds but feeling chilly. Maximum Temperature 7C.

Outlook for Thursday to Saturday: Cloudier with showery rain arriving later on New Year's Day. Turning colder, especially in the wind, with the chance of wintry showers into the weekend. Frost and ice overnight.

UK Outlook for Saturday 3 Jan 2026 to Monday 12 Jan 2026: Northerly winds will bring a spell of very cold, wintry conditions to much of if not all of the UK through at least the early part of this period. These will bring snow showers to areas that are exposed to onshore winds. Subtle day-to-day changes in wind direction will change the places most exposed to the showers, but where they occur some significant accumulations of snow are likely. There are likely to be some more coherent bands of sleet and snow working south, and these may bring a risk of more prolonged and widespread wintry precipitation affecting some inland areas. Things become less certain by the second week of January, however it's possible the cold conditions may persist with an ongoing risk of winter hazards across much of the UK.

UK Outlook for Tuesday 13 Jan 2026 to Tuesday 27 Jan 2026: High pressure will probably be close to the UK at the start of this period, perhaps most likely centered to the west, and whilst this may allow relatively settled and dry conditions with a risk of frost and fog initially, there will be the chance of some occasional wet weather at times, perhaps more especially in the north and east. Given some relatively cold air close to the UK, this may bring the chance of some wintry hazards in places. Towards mid-month, there is the potential for rather more changeable conditions to develop more widely, although confidence in this aspect of the forecast is currently low.