Residents across Swindon and Wiltshire will have to settle for just dreaming of a white Christmas this year, with the latest Met Office forecast bringing little chance of the white stuff.

According to the weather forecast for the coming days, there will be no White Christmas this year in Wiltshire.

The Met Office has revealed that the backend of December in Swindon will be a mix of rain and wind, with the occasional sunny spell.

Both Saturday, December 23 and Christmas Eve are set to be cloudy with Christmas Day itself being a much wetter affair with rain predicted to last all day.

But the weather is set to improve in time for Boxing Day, where there will be sunny intervals lasting most of the day in the town, just in time for the traditional walk.

A Met Office spokesperson said: “Another cloudy and blustery day [on Saturday] with patchy rain and drizzle at times, although becoming more persistent from the north later in the evening. Temperatures above average.

“Cloudy and blustery on Christmas Eve with rain and drizzle.

“Becoming drier later on Christmas Day although further rain likely on Boxing Day. Temperatures returning closer to average.”

The latest hour-by-hour forecast for the Christmas period in Swindon is as follows:

SATURDAY

12AM to 9AM – Highs of 9° and a moderate breeze

9AM to 4PM – Highs of 11° and sunny intervals

4PM to 9PM – Highs of 10° and a moderate breeze

9PM to 12AM – Highs of 11° and a fresh breeze

SUNDAY (CHRISTMAS EVE)

12AM to 11AM – Highs of 12° and gentle drizzle

11AM to 10PM – Highs of 13° and drizzle with a fresh breeze

10PM to 12AM – Highs of 12° and drizzle with a moderate breeze

MONDAY (CHRISTMAS DAY)

12AM to 1PM – Highs of 12° and light rain with a moderate breeze

1PM to 5PM - Highs of 13° and light rain with a moderate breeze

5PM to 7PM - Highs of 12° and drizzle with a moderate breeze

7PM to 12AM - Highs of 11° and light rain with a moderate breeze

TUESDAY (BOXING DAY)

12AM to 9AM – Highs of 10° and partly cloudy with a gentle breeze

9AM to 4PM - Highs of 9° and sunny with light winds

4PM to 5PM - Highs of 7° and sunny intervals with light winds

5PM to 10PM - Highs of 7° and partly cloudy with light winds

10PM to 12AM - Highs of 7° and light rain with light winds