Bookies slash odds on snow as summer shapes up to be the coldest ever
As cooler air starts to descend over the UK the bookies now rate it a 3/1 shot that snowflakes will fall anywhere in the country in June or July this year.
The odds have also been cut into 5/1 (from 8/1) that summer 2016 enters the record books as the coldest ever.
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Hide AdA tweet from the official Met Office Twitter account said: “Cooler air means we could see snow on the tops of the Scottish mountains over the next few days.”
Jessica Bridge of Ladbrokes said: "The temperature drop has left us with no choice but to offer odds on snowfall in June and July for the first ever time."