Hopes Of White Christmas Fading – 2012 Set To Be Wettest Year Since Records Began!

The latest forecast suggests we are in for ‘wet and wild’ over the next 10 days or so and William Hill are now odds on that 2012 will be confirmed as the wettest year since records began. “It surpasses belief that in a year when we have had a hosepipe ban we could well have the wettest year on record!” said William Hill spokesman Rupert Adams.

The latest long range forecast seems to suggests that snow on the 25this less likely and William Hill have pushed out the price of a White Christmas in London from 3/1 to 4/1. “Forecasting is not an exact science and White Christmas fans should not be too despondent just yet,” said William Hill spokesman Rupert Adams.

2012 to be the wettest year of record (1337.3mm UK Wide 2000): 5/6

Lowest Temperature in England to be beaten by April 30th 2013: 6/1 (-26.1C 10th Jan 1982 Shropshire)
Lowest Temperature in Wales to be beaten in by April 30th 2013: 6/1 (-23.3C 21st January 1940 Powys)
Lowest Temperature in Scotland to be beaten in by April 30th 2013: 6/1 (-27.2C Jan 10th 1982 Aberdeenshire)

Lowest Temperature in UK to be beaten in the UK before April 30th 2013: 8/1 (-27.2C 1982)

William Hill Latest White Christmas odds: 7/4 Aberdeen (Pittodrie Stadium); 2/1 Edinburgh (Castle); 5/2 Glasgow (Cathedral); 3/1 Newcastle (Albemarle); 4/1 London (Buckingham Palace), 4/1 Belfast (Airport); 4/1 Leeds (William Hill Head Office); 5/1 Birmingham (Bullring); 5/1 Dublin (Airport); 5/1 Liverpool (Albert Docks); 5/1 Manchester (Granada Studio); 6/1 Bristol (Filton); 6/1 Cardiff (Millennium Stadium)

*Snow must fall at any time during the twenty four hours of Christmas day, Snow already laying on the ground does not count as a White Christmas.