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A white Christmas has been officially confirmed by the Met Office following snowfall in the Highlands.
A mixture of rain and snow was reported in Tulloch Bridge and Aviemore on Monday afternoon despite mild temperatures elsewhere.
There was also light snowfall in Braemar, Aberdeenshire, and forecasts of possible flurries on higher areas such as Caithness and Sutherland.
Most parts of Scotland, however, have seen rain and highs of 8C or 9C.
For Christmas day to be classed as an “official” white Christmas, just one snowflake has to be observed within the 24 hour period.
Temperatures will drop on Boxing Day and there is a weather warning in place for Wednesday.
The Met Office also provisionally recorded the highest daily minimum temperature for Christmas Day on record.
Temperatures at Exeter Airport and East Malling, Kent, did not fall below 12.4C, the Met Office said, beating the previous record of 11.5C measured at Waddon in Croydon in 1983.
The highest temperature recorded so far was 13.2C at Exeter Airport and Merryfield in Somerset, making it the warmest December 25 since 2018, when 13.3C was recorded.
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The warmest 25 December on record was 15.6C in 1920 in Devon.
The record for the warmest Christmas day in Scotland is 15.1C which was reached in Dyce in 2011 as well as in Urquhart, Ross and Cromarty, in 2016.
The record UK Christmas eve record temperature of 15.5C was set in Aberdeen and Banff in 1931.
Since 1960, more than 50% of Christmases have been classified as white.
Last year was one of them. While no weather stations recorded any lying snow, 9% recorded falling snow.
2021 was also classified as a white Christmas with snow in Braemar and Aboyne in Aberdeenshire, Strathallan in Perthshire and across Shetland.
There has only been a widespread covering – where more than 40% of weather stations in the UK reported snow on the ground at 09:00 – four times since 1960, in 1981, 1995, 2009 and 2010, according to the Met Office.
Boxing Day is expected to be colder, but some winter sun is possible in many areas.
The Met office has issued a yellow weather warning for snow and rain on Wednesday, covering Aberdeen, Perth and parts of Edinburgh.
There is also the risk of snow for all inland areas to the north and south of the central Belt.
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