Chesterfield (Derbyshire) weather

Headline:

Increasingly windy on Saturday with rain clearing by afternoon.

Today:

Rain clears eastwards during the morning to sunshine by the afternoon. Increasing chance of blustery showers, some heavy with a chance of hail. These mostly affecting Derbyshire. Becoming very windy, and feeling colder. Maximum temperature 12 °C.

Tonight:

A windy night with frequent, blustery showers. Showers wintry over higher ground. Some clear spells and drier across more eastern areas. Minimum temperature 1 °C.

Sunday:

Sunshine and blustery showers - some wintry for a time, before becoming mainly confined to the Derbyshire Hills. Windy and feeling very cold. Winds decreasing overnight. Maximum temperature 7 °C.

Outlook for Monday to Wednesday:

Monday fine with cloudier conditions in afternoon and evening. Rain overnight. Christmas Eve much milder with drizzle, mainly affecting hills. Christmas Day probably mostly dry and cloudy and noticeably mild.

Boxing Day weather will be characterised by mild, cloudy conditions for most, with bits of drizzle in places and perhaps some more persistent rain in northwest Scotland. This sets the scene for the next few days too, with an area of high pressure becoming established across much of the UK, probably centred over or just to the south of England. The highest chance of rain and strong winds will be in northwest Scotland, with many other areas predominantly dry but rather cloudy, although more settled conditions may well extend to the northwest at times too. Widely mild at first, perhaps exceptionally so in some places early on, but temperatures probably return to nearer normal by early January. Throughout, any clearer spells overnight may lead to localised frost and fog.

Confidence in this period is low, but overall slowly-evolving weather patterns are more favoured. Overall, there is a slightly reduced chance compared with normal of wet and windy spells, with instead a slightly greater potential for colder episodes during the first half of January. While drier than average conditions are likely for many areas, some precipitation is still expected, which could lead to wintry hazards at times. Temperatures are likely to be close to or a little above normal overall, but this could be made up of a mix of milder and colder interludes.