Christmas weather 2021 Liverpool: Met Office forecast for Xmas Day, Boxing Day & New Year - and will it snow?

Christmas Day is flying towards us at some speed, and the question on everyone’s lips is will there be a white Christmas in Liverpool?

Last month, betting company Paddy Power gave 8/1 odds of snow falling at Liverpool Airport (the criteria required to constitute a white Christmas).

Their most recent odds have been shortened to 6/4.

Ladbrokes gave out 6/1 November odds for a white Christmas in Liverpool.

This has most recently been shortened to 13/8 suggesting that a white Christmas in Liverpool has become more likely according to the bookies.

Despite the improved odds of a white Christmas, the Met Office are predicting a damp Christmas for Liverpool and little chance in the way of snow.

It looks set to be a drizzly start to the day, with a 50 per cent chance of light rain through the morning, although this should ease completely by the early afternoon.

It shouldn’t feel too icy through the day, with temperatures dropping to a low of 5°C until the late hours of the day.

The temperature will feel much colder at around 0 or -1°C heading into Boxing Day.

The chance of rain is set to increase, with heavier showers set to hit the capital in the early hours of Boxing Day.

North West England weather forecast

Tuesday December 21 to Saturday December 25

Tonight:

Increasingly lengthy clear periods developing this evening and overnight. Temperatures widely falling to freezing or just below with a frost for most and a few isolated fog patches. Minimum temperature -4 °C.

Wednesday:

Any mist and fog soon clearing, leaving a largely bright morning. Becoming cloudy during the afternoon with a chance of rain by dark. Turning breezier and feeling cold. Maximum temperature 6 °C.

Milder with rain at times and rather murky on Thursday and Christmas Eve.

Turning colder on Christmas Day with a chance of snow over the hills later. Breezy at times.