It is set to be a chilly and rainy day in Darlington and across the North East today as the Met Office predicts low temperatures set to feel like 1C by evening.

The start of December has brought with it low temperatures in Darlington as cloud and frequent showers continue to dominate the weather forecast today (December 2).

Today, temperatures will reach a high of 7C, but is then set to drop to a low of 4C by 11pm this evening.

Light wind is also forecast throughout the day but will only reach a high of 7mph, with the sun due to set at 3:44pm.

Following a wet start to the week, the forecaster has said that “brighter skies” will return from Wednesday to the end of the week.

Here’s a full hour-by-hour forecast for Darlington today.

9am: 7C with 90% chance of rain

10am: 7C with 90% chance of rain

11am: 7C with 90% chance of rain

12pm: 7C with 70% chance of rain

1pm: 7C with 50% chance of rain

2pm: 7C with 50% chance of rain

3pm: 7C with 50% chance of rain

4pm: 7C with 60% chance of rain

5pm: 6C with 60% chance of rain

6pm: 6C with 50% chance of rain

7pm: 5C with 50% chance of rain

8pm: 5C with 40% chance of rain

9pm: 4C with 30% chance of rain

10pm: 4C with 30% chance of rain

11pm: 4C with 10% chance of rain

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The forecaster predicts: “An area of cloud and rain, with some hill snow, will move south during the morning clearing to brighter spells and showers into the afternoon.

“The showers will become largely confined to coastal districts. Breezy and feeling cold. Maximum temperature 6 °C.”