Darwen Severe Weather Warning

Many Darreners heading back to work after the festive holidays were met with ice and snow on their cars this morning. Although the snow showers were very light during the evening and early hours on Monday morning the freezing temperatures ensured some drivers needed to de-ice their windscreens before starting their first day back at work.

With temperatures forecast to fall as low as -9C in Darwen, the Met Office has issued a weather warning to local motorists. Although the next couple of days are due to be mainly sunny, temperatures will barely rise above freezing creating a widespread hard frost.

In addition to icy roads creating treacherous driving conditions, pedestrians are also being advised to take extra care on slippery pavements.


The average overnight temperature for January is +1C making the next couple of nights much colder than the norm. In fact this winter could turn out to be the coldest experienced by Britain in over a decade.

Some forecasters are even predicting that this winter could equal the winter of 1962-63 which was the coldest in England & Wales since 1740!

We have already seen the coldest start to winter for 30 years and, although temperatures are set to rise at the weekend, it would need to remain mild for quite a period of time to even things out.

The current cold snap is expected to last until the weekend and we may see some more light snow showers on Tuesday evening.

One reader, Robert, sent in the photograph above of the morning snow near Earnsdale Rd, Darwen.