started off like that here but it is now big flakes covering all surfaces.

yeah Matty..leave my mate Ian alone.  My heatings on too ! 

A chilly 8.5c here and in gloomy leaden skies, a moderate NE'ly wind and with drizzle it ain't been nice..

I've been in the garden in my t-shirt though doing manly jobs of course..it's the missus that's now wanting the heating on..honest. 

http://www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/webcams/inverurie.asp

Big contrasts again to day - it's been lovely down here, unlike in NE Scotland!

As wintry a day as any this late in the spring. Covering has built up and temperature dropped to +0.4C at 7pm - the lowest of the month. Just a cm or so but anything at this time of year is noteworthy. Only in May 1997 I can remember snow lying later than this.

Certainly the most notable weather event so far this year 

Perhaps an hour's worth more to come

Anyway we need to look at the possibility of some very low minima in that part of the world with clear skies and the snow cover.

-3.2C

Its funny how years ending in 5 have proudced notable late season snowfalls or record frosts during the spring

2005, 1995, 1975, 1955, 1935, 1915

Well this is turning out to be one of the most impressive 'potential record' threads I have ever posted. 

-7.7C in Katesbridge. 

The May record is -6.5C for Northern Ireland so we were 4 days away from obliterating that one.

Jesus though we nearly had the April one too which was only -8.5C. 

Without doubt that is a daily and weekly record though.

Rather surprised that I actually got an air frost in my garden this morning - it briefly dropped to -0.1c

Yesterdays official 14.8c at Pershore was still above the April ave though - not bad for a "cold spell" and expecting similar today with lots more sunshine

Frost on cars and grass this morning. 1.1c  at 05:54   

Heavy snow showers from yesterday evening - mostly wet snow though and melts within a couple of hours when the sun breaks through.

Glad I've kept my snow tyres on❄️

When I left Sheffield yesterday lunchtime, is was sunny though a little chilly in the breeze.

Snap - very surprised MBY got down to -0.3c last night. Glad the heating kicked in!! 

Had a max of 12.9c yesterday, but it felt nice in the sunshine if you were sheltered from the N'ly wind.

I'd take this weather in April every time!!

Some very dry air knocking around.. it's 10C here with a dew point of -8C, yielding RH of 29%. Down to -12C in places.

We also fell to -2C overnight, but that's not too unusual.

More than chilly, -8C in NI, a new date record

https://twitter.com/metoffice/status/592603808452206592

rather cold across most of the UK, a few southern geographic outliers doesn't change that

It will be interesting to see how that area of precipitation interacts with those freezing dew-points. I suspect the radar can be binned today as alot of precipitation will not be reaching the ground. And even with relatively strong winds there must be pretty dam good potential for some evap cooling with those bitter dewpoints. I suspect the snow potential is somewhat underdone.

I'm guessing this is one of the reasons why only a few clouds have bubbles up despite the cold uppers and stong sun. 

Shower just come through, temperatures plummeted from >9c to  <5c.  Some sleet mixed in.