© North News & Pictures LtdThunder, lightning and sleet showers are expected with some in northern areas witnessing heavy snowfall.
Snow and sleet has fallen in many parts of the UK as
temperatures struggle to get into double figures with the prospect of a Spring-like May a long way off.
It's almost May but forecasters are warning the unsettled picture will continue for much of the week with freezing conditions in many parts.
Thunder, lightning and sleet showers are expected with some in northern areas witnessing heavy snowfall, including on the North Yorkshire Moors and parts of Scotland.
It is the
latest widespread snow has been seen in the UK since May 6, 1997, when more than 200 weather stations recorded it.
Before that forecasters have to go back to April 27, 1985 when several London weather stations recorded sleet.
Snow even stopped play at The Oval cricket ground this afternoon as the south was dusted in the white stuff.
The type of snow flurry seen in London is known as 'thundersnow'. It is a phenomenon caused by heavy showers accompanied by lightning storms.
