Due to an ongoing trend of unusually mild weather, people in a large portion of the United Kingdom should feel comfortable leaving their winter clothing and umbrellas at home on Christmas Day.
Forecasts call for highs of 11 to 13 degrees Celsius, which is colder than the warmest Christmas ever recorded in 1920, when Devon recorded 15.6 degrees.
Early risers on Christmas morning will be met with a blanket of clouds, with the possibility of rain limited to the UK’s northern and western islands as well as the area surrounding the Great Glen in the Highlands.
Magilligan on the north coast recorded a temperature of 14.3C on this Christmas Eve, making it the highest on record for Northern Ireland.
