The year of 2025 is off to a wintry start, with large parts of the country being issued with Met Office weather warnings including snow and ice.
These warnings of snow come after heavy rainfall over new year, resulting in flooding and a major incident being declared in Greater Manchester.
Today (Thursday, January 2) the temperature has dipped and large parts of the country have been issued with a yellow warning of ice, including parts of Yorkshire, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
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And during the first weekend of the new year, The Met Office has forecast snowy conditions, and has issued a yellow weather warning for snow covering large parts of the country including Greater Manchester, London, Wales, Midlands, Newcastle and more.
The weather warning for snow and ice comes into place at 12pm on Saturday, January 4, and remains in place until 11:59pm on Sunday, January 5. The warning reads: “Heavy snow, and some freezing rain in places, may cause some disruption over the weekend.”
Most of England is covered by a weather warning over the weekend -Credit:Met Office
From midnight on Sunday, a second warning for snow comes into effect in Scotland which will remain in place until 12pm Monday morning (January 6). This warning states: “Heavy snow on Sunday and overnight into Monday may cause some disruption.”
The Met Office warns that the following risks are possible during the weekend:
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There is a small chance that power cuts could occur and other services, such as mobile phone coverage, may be affected
Full list of areas affected by the snow and ice warning (Saturday-Sunday)
East Midlands
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Derby
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Derbyshire
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Leicester
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Leicestershire
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Lincolnshire
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Northamptonshire
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Nottingham
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Nottinghamshire
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Rutland
East of England
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Bedford
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Cambridgeshire
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Central Bedfordshire
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Essex
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Hertfordshire
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Luton
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Norfolk
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Peterborough
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Southend-on-Sea
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Suffolk
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Thurrock
London & South East England
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Bracknell Forest
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Buckinghamshire
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East Sussex
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Greater London
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Hampshire
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Kent
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Medway
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Milton Keynes
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Oxfordshire
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Reading
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Slough
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Surrey
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West Berkshire
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West Sussex
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Windsor and Maidenhead
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Wokingham
North East England
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Darlington
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Durham
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Gateshead
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Hartlepool
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Middlesbrough
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Newcastle upon Tyne
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North Tyneside
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Northumberland
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Redcar and Cleveland
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South Tyneside
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Stockton-on-Tees
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Sunderland
North West England
South West England
Wales
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Blaenau Gwent
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Bridgend
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Caerphilly
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Cardiff
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Carmarthenshire
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Ceredigion
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Conwy
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Denbighshire
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Flintshire
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Gwynedd
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Isle of Anglesey
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Merthyr Tydfil
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Monmouthshire
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Neath Port Talbot
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Newport
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Pembrokeshire
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Powys
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Rhondda Cynon Taf
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Swansea
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Torfaen
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Vale of Glamorgan
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Wrexham
West Midlands
Yorkshire & Humber
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East Riding of Yorkshire
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Kingston upon Hull
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North East Lincolnshire
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North Lincolnshire
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North Yorkshire
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South Yorkshire
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West Yorkshire
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York
Full list of areas affected by the snow warning (Sunday-Monday)
Central, Tayside & Fife
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Angus
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Clackmannanshire
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Dundee
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Falkirk
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Fife
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Perth and Kinross
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Stirling
Grampian
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Aberdeen
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Aberdeenshire
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Moray
Highlands & Eilean Siar
North East England
North West England
SW Scotland, Lothian Borders
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Dumfries and Galloway
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East Lothian
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Edinburgh
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Midlothian Council
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Scottish Borders
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West Lothian
Strathclyde
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Argyll and Bute
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East Ayrshire
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East Dunbartonshire
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East Renfrewshire
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Glasgow
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Inverclyde
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North Ayrshire
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North Lanarkshire
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Renfrewshire
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South Ayrshire
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South Lanarkshire
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West Dunbartonshire