The icy conditions that have had Brits pulling out the winter woollies again this week will soon make way for “above average” temperatures throughout April.
Parts of the country woke up to snow on Thursday, with cautious forecasts of a small amount of flakes surpassed for those in the east of the country where several inches had settled.
The frosty turn, which is being powered by a blast of air from the Arctic, comes a week after the start of Spring and a run of unusually warm temperatures, blue sky and sunshine.
