Following a mild and wet start to November, it appears the UK is set for a sharp drop in temperatures later this month. Inverness-shire, Scotland's largest county by land area, is expected to be the coldest, with temperatures plunging to -5C, and northern Scotland seeing icy lows of -4C and -3C on November 17, according to the latest WX Charts weather maps. The icy conditions, highlighted in blue on the latest WXCharts map, are expected to spread widely, reaching as far north as Sutherland and as far south as Devon around midnight on Monday, November 17.
The cold is forecast to persist into the early morning hours, with minimum temperatures of -5C, -4C, and -3C in northern Scotland, -2C and -1C in northern England, 0C in Devon, 0C to -1C in Wales, and -1C in Somerset at 6am on November 17. The UK's coldest November on record was in 1919, when the average temperature was 2.3C.
On November 14 of that same year, Braemar in Aberdeenshire recorded -23.3C, which is the lowest daily minimum temperature ever recorded in the UK for the month of November, according to the Met Office.
The Met Office's long-range forecast for the period of November 9 to November 18 reads: "Changeable and at times unsettled weather is likely to continue into the start of this period, with low pressure dominating the UK.
"This means further showery outbreaks of rain at times, though it is likely that western areas will be wettest at first. There could also be some overnight fog, which could be slow to clear through the day.
"A transition to a less unsettled weather pattern becomes increasingly probable from around the 11th or 12th of the month, making drier weather increasingly common, with winds turning south easterly or easterly.
"Any rain or showers is more likely to be focused towards the east. Temperatures most likely to be around average through the period, particularly at first, and probably overall."
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