The Met Office recorded either sleet or snow falling at five of its weather stations across the UK on Christmas Day, with Edinburgh one of three in Scotland and another two in Northern Ireland.
While it was technically a white Christmas in some parts of Scotland, most areas didn't see any snow on the ground until Boxing DayTechnically, the UK did have a white Christmas in 2022 - although for most areas temperatures were too mild to see any snow.
The Met Office recorded either sleet or snow falling at five of its weather stations across the UK, with Edinburgh one of three in Scotland and another two in Northern Ireland. Met Office meteorologist Tom Morgan said:"Officially it was a white Christmas but, of course, a lot of people think of those perfect deep-snow Christmas card scenes and actually we didn't really see any snow settle at lower levels.
"What we define a white Christmas as is just a few snowflakes falling, even if it's mixed with rain, so it's a technical white Christmas but, for most places, particularly in England and Wales, it was too mild."In Scotland, the forecaster recorded snow at Edinburgh's Gogarbank weather station, Loch Glascarnoch in Ross and Cromarty, and Altnaharra in Sutherland.
"Most of the day was too mild for snow and the showers were falling for rain, but in the evening it got colder and we started to see those showers turn to sleet and then to snow," said the meteorologist.
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