With Met Office warnings for ice increasing and temperatures dropping across the region – it seems like only a matter of time before snow arrives.

Areas of the North East are set to see temperatures as low as -5 this week with many northern areas seeing no higher than 0 degrees through the day.

Just today, the Met Office issued a yellow warning for ice affecting many North East and North Yorkshire coastal areas.

Over the next few days the forecaster has also warned of “wintery showers” a long with “widespread frost.”

Read more: North East weather: Level 3 alert for severe cold issued by Met Office

But is there any snow on the horizon? And if so, when will it arrive?

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We’ve pulled together and hour-by-hour forecast for the rest of this week to see when, exactly, snow might fall.

Check out the hour-by-hour forecast below:

This forecast is based on Darlington as a location

Today (Wednesday, December 7)

11am – Temperature of 3c, feels like -1c

12pm – Temperature of 3c, feels like 0c

1pm – Temperature of 4c, feels like 0c

2pm – Temperature of 3c, feels like 0c

3pm – Temperature of 3c, feels like -1c

4pm – Temperature of 2c, feels like -1c

5pm – Temperature of 2c, feels like -2c

6pm – Temperature of 1c, feels like -3c

7pm – Temperature of 1c, feels like -3c

8pm – Temperature of 1c, feels like -4c

9pm – Temperature of 0c, feels like -4c

10pm – Temperature of 0c, feels like -4c

11pm – Temperature of 0c, feels like -4c

Tomorrow (Thursday, December 8)

1am – Temperature of 0c, feels like -5c

2am – Temperature of 0c, feels like -5c

3am – Temperature of -1c, feels like -5c

4am – Temperature of -1c, feels like -5c

5am – Temperature of -1c, feels like -6c

6am – Temperature of -1c, feels like -6c

7am – Temperature of -1c, feels like -6c

8am – Temperature of -1c, feels like -6c

9am - Temperature of -1c, feels like -6c

10am – Temperature of 0c, feels like -5c

11am – Temperature of 1c, feels like -3c

12pm – Temperature of 2c, feels like -2c

1pm – Temperature of 2c, feels like -2c

2pm – Temperature of 2c, feels like -2c with a 40 per cent chance of rain/snow

3pm – Temperature of 2c, feels like -3c with a 60 per cent chance of rain/snow

4pm – Temperature of 2c, feels like -3c with a 60 per cent chance of rain

5pm – Temperature of 2c, feels like -2c

6pm – Temperature of 2c, feels like -2c

7pm – Temperature of 2c, feels like -2c with a 50 per cent chance of rain

8pm – Temperature of 2c, feels like -2c with a 40 per cent chance of snow

9pm – Temperature of 1c, feels like -3c

10pm – Temperature of 1c, feels like -3c

11pm – Temperature of 0c, feels like -4c

Friday, December 9

3am – Temperature of 0c, feels like -4c

6am – Temperature of -1c, feels like -6c

9am – Temperature of -1c, feels like -5c

12pm – Temperature of 2c, feels like -1c

3pm – Temperature 2c, feels like -2c

6pm – Temperature of 0c, feels like -4c

9pm - Temperature of -1c, feels like -5c

Saturday, December 10

 3am – Temperature of -1c, feels like -5c

6am – Temperature of -1c, feels like -4c

9am – Temperature of -1c, feels like -4c

12pm – Temperature of 2c, feels like -1c

3pm – Temperature 2c, feels like -1c

6pm – Temperature of 0c, feels like -3c

9pm - Temperature of 0c, feels like -4c

Sunday, December 11

3am – Temperature of -0c, feels like -3c

6am – Temperature of -0c, feels like -4c

9am – Temperature of -0c, feels like -4c

12pm – Temperature of 2c, feels like -1c

3pm – Temperature 2c, feels like -1c

6pm – Temperature of 0c, feels like -3c

9pm - Temperature of -1c, feels like -4c


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