A bitterly cold snap that sprinkled snow across parts of the UK will give way to sunshine with temperatures potentially reaching double figures on Monday, forecasters have said.

The mercury is expected to climb to about 5C (41F) across the south of England and could reach a high of 11C in Devon, Cornwall and south-west Wales.

But gale-force winds of up to 75mph (120km/h), which have prompted a Met Office yellow warning for the Welsh coast, threaten to stifle any warmth.

The Met Office meteorologist Charles Powell said: “It’ll be dry and pretty bright, but windy. Everyone will have a windy day, especially across the hills and mountains.”

There were whiteout conditions on the A66 in the north of England on Sunday as snow fell overnight from East Anglia to Cumbria.

There was heavy snow, rain and sleet in the Pennines, coupled with strong north-easterly winds. Up to 6in of snow fell on the highest ground.



Temperatures dropped to -0.5C in the south-east on Saturday night in Goudhurst, Kent, and -9.8C in Altnaharra in the far north of Scotland.

The lowest recorded temperature of winter so far was -11C in Cromdale, Moray, on 5 December.