Despite it being a widely frosty start to the day today, it will otherwise be a mainly dry day with plenty of sunshine seeing a maximum temperature of 9c.
However, that will soon change once night falls with frost and freezing fog expected due to clearer skies. Many can expect a minimum temperature of -1c.
Moving into Saturday, it will be cloudy at first but sunny spells will break through for many areas. Thanks to light winds there will be a maximum temperature of 7c.
The Met Office has warned of cold with clear and sunny spells for Sunday and Monday. Frost and freezing fog are expected as temperatures remain dropped.
Colder temperatures are expected to recover by Tuesday.
Here’s the forecast for the weekend using Darlington as the location:
Saturday:
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1am: 5c, feels like 3c with less than 5% precipitation
7am: 3c, feels like 0c with less than 5% precipitation
9am: 2c, feels like -1c with less than 5% precipitation
12pm: 4c, feels like 1c, with less than 5% precipitation
2pm: 5c, feels like 2c, with less than 5% precipitation
4pm: 3c, feels like 0c, with less than 5% precipitation
6pm: 1c, feels like -1c, with less than 5% precipitation
8pm: 1c, feels like -2c with less than 5% precipitation
10pm: 1c, feels like -2c with less than 5% precipitation
Sunday:
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3am: 0c, feels like -3c with less than 5% precipitation
6am: 0c, feels like -4c with less than 5% precipitation
9am: 0c, feels like -3c, with less than 5% precipitation
12pm: 3c, feels like 0c with less than 5% precipitation
3pm: 4c, feels like 2c with less than 5% precipitation
6pm: 1c, feels like -1c with less than 5% precipitation
9pm: 1c, feels like -1c with less than 5% precipitation