When you can expect snow in Birmingham and West Midlands as 2026 starts with cold snap
The West Midlands, including Birmingham, is set to experience snow as a cold snap marks the beginning of 2026.
The Met Office has today (Wednesday December 31) issued a new weather warning which will impact Birmingham and the West Midlands area.
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The yellow snow and ice warning will start this Friday (January 2 2026), and the warning will be in place from 12am until 12pm.
It appears an area of sleet and snow will move south-eastwards across parts of England and Wales, lasting about two or three hours in any one place.
Where snow falls, around one or two cm is likely for some, with higher ground locations such as north Wales and northwest England expecting more, perhaps as much as 5 cm snow.
In addition to this, in the coming weeks, WX Charts has forecasted snow which could reach parts of Birmingham next week (Wednesday 7 January).
Parts of Birmingham and the West Midlands may be buried in snow, according to WXCharts' weather map projections, which uses the colours blue and purple to indicate snowfall.