White Christmas declared as snow falls in Scotland
The Met Office recorded snowfall at Aviemore and Tulloch Bridge.
Last updated 25th Dec 2023
It's official - 2023 has seen a white Christmas with snowfall recorded in the Scottish Highlands.
The Met Office announced on X, formerly known as Twitter, to say snowflakes have fallen in Aviemore and Tulloch Bridge.
The post said: "Rain, sleet & snow has moved across parts of Scotland today.
"In the last hour Tulloch Bridge & Aviemore have both recorded a mixture of rain & snow, making it an official white Christmas this year."
An official white Christmas is defined by one single snowflake falling in the 24 hours of December 25, according to the forecasting body.
It's as some of the highest daily minimum temperatures on record have been recorded on the big day.
Temperatures down South at Exeter Airport and East Malling, Kent, haven't fallen below 12.4C, exceeding the previous record of 11.5C measured at Waddon in Croydon in 1983.
In terms of maximum temperatures, the mercury has so far hit 13.2C at Exeter Airport and Merryfield in Somerset, which makes Monday the warmest December 25 since 2018, when meteorologists recorded 13.3C.
The warmest December 25 on record was 15.6C in 1920, while the highest Christmas Eve temperatures of 15.5C were set in Aberdeen and Banff in Scotland in 1931.
The UK also saw one of it's warmest Christmas Eve's for more than 20 years.
Forecaster Dan Stroud said: "We're drawing our weather from the mid-Atlantic, which is typically a very warm direction for us."