Darlington (Darlington) weather

Headline:

Remaining mild through to the weekend.

Today:

A continuation of the recent cloudy and mild weather through Boxing Day with some fog patches first thing which may be slow to clear. There may be some brighter spells developing in the east, with further drizzle over western hills. Maximum temperature 11 °C.

Tonight:

Cloud tending to thicken across the region with further fog and drizzle over the hills. Quite misty generally perhaps with fog forming later in the night further east. Minimum temperature 2 °C.

Friday:

Another cloudy mild day with light winds, patchy fog, and some rain or drizzle over western hills. Any brighter spells likely confined to the east of the region. Maximum temperature 11 °C.

Outlook for Saturday to Monday:

Cloudy on Saturday as rain moves eastwards, with cooler, brighter weather following. A breezy day Sunday, bright in places with the east staying mostly dry. Perhaps turning wet on Monday.

An erratic change from the mild and largely settled conditions of the past few days is expected. Rain, stronger winds and some snow already across Scotland may on Tuesday become more severe and start to push southwards through the middle part of next week, bringing a chance of snow to other parts of the UK, along with colder conditions more widely. A period of more settled weather then seems probable later next week, with a gradual recovery in temperatures to nearer average for the time of year, perhaps even mild. Beyond this, a fairly changeable picture is most likely although confidence in details is, as usual at this range, very low. Wettest/windiest weather in the north and west, whilst the south and east will probably remain more settled overall.

Confidence in this period is fairly low, but continuing from the previous period, there remains a chance of rather unsettled and cool conditions continuing at first, with the wettest conditions perhaps focussed more over the south (still with a risk of snow on the northern edge), with sleet and snow showers further north. Then, through the rest of January, something more climatological could return with the wettest and coolest conditions further north, and with higher pressure further south, it is more likely to be drier, and at times milder here than elsewhere.