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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Robyn Vinter

UK weather: frost and heavy rain to bring end to unseasonably warm spell

People holding umbrellas on a rainy street
The south of England and Wales could see about two inches of rain on Thursday and Friday. Photograph: Steve Taylor/SOPA Images/Shutterstock

Freezing temperatures could be about to blast the UK, putting an end to the unseasonably warm October, and heavy rainfall is expected in parts of England.

Frost is forecast in parts of the north of England and snowfall in the Scottish uplands, the Met Office has said, as the mercury plummets after the warmest October temperatures in five years were recorded at the start of the month.

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