Met Office gives Christmas weather update as map reveals which parts of Britain will be hotter than Rome over festive period Christmas Day and Boxing Day are set to be 'exceptionally mild' for the time of year with temperatures 10C above average in some areas, the Met Office revealed today.
She added that eastern and north-eastern parts of Scotland could see surprisingly high overnight temperatures that are 10C above average on Christmas Day morning.
This Met Office map shows the temperatures currently forecast for 3pm on Christmas Day.
Drizzle could fall across hills in the West while North West Scotland may see some more persistent rain, but forecasters described it as a 'fairly cloudy, nondescript day'.
Conditions will become settled and milder from Christmas Eve following a windswept weekend as northern England and Scotland are hit by 85mph gusts and heavy rain.
