Central, Tayside & Fife weather

Headline:

Cold, coastal showers push west falling as snow inland.

Today:

A cold day, dry inland with scattered coastal showers at first. These showers push west through the day falling as rain along the coast and snow inland. Maximum temperature 4 °C.

Tonight:

Another cold night with a widespread frost. Scattered showers fall as snow inland and rain along the coast. These showers become isolated for a time towards morning. Minimum temperature -3 °C.

Saturday:

Cold with isolated wintry showers falling as snow inland. These showers become more frequent during the afternoon. Maximum temperature 3 °C.

Outlook for Sunday to Tuesday:

Very cold with a band of snow followed by rain, pushing northeast Sunday. Becoming milder with dry spells interspersed with showers or longer periods of rain, hill snow, Monday, Tuesday.

Updated: 04:00 (UTC) on Fri 9 Jan 2026

There is now much higher confidence for milder air to overspread the UK by the start of this period with the last of the cold air of the past couple of weeks expected to clear from the extreme northeast during the course of Monday. So this period likely to see brisk southwesterly winds bringing a very different feel to the weather than of late. There will be some rain or showers at times, but also a good deal of dry weather and although often cloudy, some brighter interludes are expected, especially to the lee of high ground. The milder conditions will see temperatures widely above average, and will lead to a rapid thaw of any remaining lying snow across northern parts of Scotland.

Updated: 14:00 (UTC) on Thu 8 Jan 2026

The outlook through the latter part of January and into the start of February is typically uncertain. A broadly southwesterly regime is marginally favoured bringing changeable conditions and spells of wet, windy and mild weather are likely, potentially with some very strong winds at times. However there is a chance that drier and colder conditions could extend into the UK from the east or northeast, along with a risk of some snow.

Updated: 15:00 (UTC) on Thu 8 Jan 2026