"Aberdeen has finally had some sunshine, for the first time in 21 days marking the end of the longest sunless period in the area since Met Office records began in 1957. Residents of the Granite city in north-east Scotland glimpsed the sun late on Thursday afternoon, with sunshine having been last recorded on 21 January. The Met Office said that 30 minutes of sun was officially recorded in the Dyce area in the hour up to 4pm."
"It followed weeks of unrelenting rain in the region and throughout the UK. More than 277mm of rain fell on Aboyne in Aberdeenshire in January, about four times the monthly average, while the first 10 days of the year brought heavy snow to the north-east of Scotland. In just the first three days of this month, south-east England received nearly a third of its average February rainfall."
"The snow and ice warnings that we've issued at the moment cover pretty much Scotland and northern parts of England. There may be some snow showers a little bit further south than that. We're not expecting any particularly impactful snow and the conditions will be quite brief before we get another system coming in from the Atlantic over the weekend, but for the next few days it will feel quite a bit different, as we've got colder air coming in."
Aberdeen experienced sunshine for the first time in 21 days, ending the longest sunless period in the area since Met Office records began in 1957. Thirty minutes of sun were officially recorded in Dyce in the hour up to 4pm. The region and much of the UK endured weeks of heavy precipitation, with Aboyne receiving more than 277mm of rain in January and early-February snow affecting the north-east. South-east England saw nearly a third of its average February rainfall in the first three days of the month. Yellow warnings for snow and ice cover most of Scotland and northern England as Arctic maritime air brings colder conditions and brief wintry showers before Atlantic systems return.
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