All regions of the UK are seeing less snow in December

Average number of December days with snow on the ground

Scotland

North

East

West

England

2011-2021

1970-2010

North-east

North-west

Yorkshire & Humber

East Midlands

West Midlands

South-west

South-west

East

London

Wales

Isle of Man*

Northern Ireland

6

0

1

2

3

4

5

Average number of December days with snow on the ground

Scotland

North Scotland, the UK's snowiest region, has seen a 31% decline in snowy December days

North

East

West

England

2011-2021

1970-2010

North-east

North-west

Yorkshire & Humber

East Midlands

West Midlands

South-west

South-west

East

London

Wales

Isle of Man*

Northern Ireland

6

0

1

2

3

4

5

Guardian graphic. Source: Met Office. Figures are an average of all December days between 1970-2010 and 2011-2021. Figures are for the number of days with greater than 50% of the region’s ground covered by snow at 0900 UTC. *Isle of Man not part of UK but included in data.