Aberdeen City right now and it's starting to lie pic.twitter.com/vU8kQkBTEk— Ross Davidson (@RossDavidson16) April 4, 2021
The bitterly cold weather comes after a sunny bank holiday weekend when a high of 17.9C was recorded at Pershore, Worcestershire, on Easter Sunday.
The Met Office meteorologist Marco Petagna said the cold weather was not particularly unusual as snow is more common at Easter than over Christmas. “But it is a big contrast to the mild weather we’ve seen over the last couple of days,” he said.
“For much of the day today, most of the wintry showers or snow showers will be in the north, and then starting to extend a bit more south tonight into tomorrow. We’ve got warnings for snow and ice for Northern Ireland and Wales that come into force as we go into the evening, and further warnings for snow across Scotland tomorrow as well.”