Temperatures are set to drop as low as -1C next week
We’ll be seeing snow early in 2026, according to the latest forecast(Image: Getty Images)
It may be too late for a White Christmas but Londoners could be seeing in 2026 with a bout of snow. Temperatures are set to drop as low as -1C next week, forecasts BBC Weather.
While we’ve had a relatively balmy winter so far, there is set to be a dip in temperatures next weekend which could see light snow fall over the capital. There are then sent to be several more rounds of snow over the following week.
Temperatures are sticking around the 6C mark for the rest of this coming week. New Year’s Eve will even see bright shining sun and no clouds in the sky. But this good weather won’t last forever, as snow is set to creep in on Saturday (January 3) and temperatures drop as low as -1C in the early hours of the morning.
There will be some brief reprieve before more snow falls in London on Tuesday (January 6), Wednesday (January 7) and Thursday (January 8). Rain will also fall over London making for a particularly cold and damp period.
Londoners will remember the Beast from the East in 2018(Image: TOLGA AKMEN/AFP via Getty Images)
BBC Weather forecast says: “New Year’s Eve will be cold but with plenty of wintry sunshine throughout. Variable amounts of cloud and some bright spells through New Year’s Day.
“Becoming breezier through the day with the outside chance of the odd light shower in the evening. Remaining bright and cold through Friday with some variable cloud around the middle of the day.”
Full BBC London weather forecast
Tuesday, December 30 – sunny intervals and light winds, 7C
Wednesday, December 31 – sunny and light winds, 5C
Thursday, January 1 – light cloud and a gentle breeze, 7C
Friday, January 2 – sunny intervals and light winds, 6C
Saturday, January 3 – light snow and light winds, 4C
Sunday, January 4 – sunny intervals and light winds, 3C
Monday, January 5 – sunny intervals and light winds, 3C
Tuesday, January 6 – light snow and light winds, 3C
Wednesday, January 7 – sleet and light winds, 4C
Thursday, January 8 – sleet and light winds, 5C
Friday, January 9 – light rain and light winds, 6C
Saturday, January 10 – light rain and light winds, 6C
Sunday, January 11 0 drizzle and light winds, 7C
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