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Met Office forecasts SNOW to fall in UK tonight as summer gets off to a cold startMight the UK see snow in June?NewsMiranda Pell Search and Discover Writer17:13, 03 Jun 2025The Met Office
has forecast snow in parts of Scotland during the first week of summer (Image: Getty Images) 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."
Content cannot be displayed without consent 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".
Areas in white and grey show where snow could fall tonight over Scotland (Image: Met Office ) 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."