The difficulty in predicting where snow will fall is shown by the slightly differing forecasts of the Met Office and BBC Weather
08:48, 04 Jan 2026Updated 08:52, 04 Jan 2026
Heavy snow is expected in Derbyshire(Image: Derby Telegraph)
While a large number of areas around the UK have been hit by heavy snow over the past few days, it still remains a bit of a conundrum as to whether Derbyshire commuters returning to work and school on Monday (January 5) will wake up to snow.
Working out where snow will fall is a difficult task for meteorologists and for the past few days the Met Office has issued a yellow warning for snow and ice on the western edge of the county.
As Sunday dawns, the western edge of the predicted snowfall has moved eastwards overnight and now includes an area from Glossop in the north down to Ashbourne, but skirting places such as Matlock, Derby and Swadlincote so far.
Met Office experts say that snow and ice has the potential to cause disruption to travel in places later on Sunday through to Monday morning and the warning lasts from 3pm on Sunday (January 4) through to midday on Monday.
A Met Office statement said: “Snow showers are expected to push further inland across Wales, parts of northwest England, the West Midlands and southwest England during Sunday evening.
“Along windward coasts, some rain and sleet is likely, but inland showers will fall as snow. Whilst not all locations in the warning area will see snow, one to three cm could develop in many places by Monday morning, with the potential for five to eight cm to build up in a few locations, particularly across inland and higher parts of Wales. Icy stretches are likely to form widely.”
At the same time, BBC Weather, which takes its information from the Meteogroup, is predicting light snow for Buxton, Bakewell and Ashbourne between 5pm and 10pm on Sunday.
The BBC statement says: “On Sunday (January 4), this morning will be dry and bright with winter sunshine. It will turn cloudier in the afternoon and evening with some sleet and snow moving in from the west.
“Any sleet and snow will clear southwards during the early part of the night leaving most places dry and cold with clear skies.
Monday (January 5) will be a dry and cold day with plenty of winter sunshine and the outlook for Tuesday to Thursday says that outbreaks of rain, sleet and snow will move in late in the evening and overnight on Tuesday (January 6).
“Cloud will clear early on Wednesday (January 7), resulting in a dry day with plenty of wintry sunshine, but wintry showers will move in during the evening. Thursday (January 8) will see outbreaks of heavy rain moving up throughout the afternoon, falling wintry on higher ground.”
It seems overall that some places may see snow over the next few days but areas in the eastern part of Derbyshire could be largely untouched by the white stuff.
Hour-by-hour BBC Weather forecast for western parts of Derbyshire for Sunday (January 4):
The forecast below covers Glossop, Buxton, Bakewell, and Ashbourne. This was compiled using the available information from the BBC Weather as of Sunday morning at 8am, with the Met Office saying there is just a 30% chance of snow between 6pm and 9pm on Sunday night.
- 9am: Sunny (-3degC)
- 10am: Sunny (-1degC)
- 11am: Sunny (0degC)
- 12pm: Sunny (0degC)
- 1pm: Sunny (0degC)
- 2pm: Sunny intervals (0degC)
- 3pm: Sunny intervals (0degC)
- 4pm: Sunny intervals (0degC)
- 5pm: Light snow (-1degC)
- 6pm: Light snow (-1degC)
- 7pm: Light snow (-1degC)
- 8pm: Light snow (-1degC)
- 9pm: Light snow (-2degC)
- 10pm: Light snow (-2degC)
- 11pm: Partly cloudy (-3degC)
- 12am: Clear sky (-3degC)