Today’s Forecast
Snow showers continuing to feed in on a cold east to southeast wind through today, this fresh to strong, with temperatures again struggling to rise above freezing.
The risk of further snow showers through this evening and overnight with limited clearer breaks. It will become very cold once more with ice likely. Remaining rather windy.
Further snow showers through the course of tomorrow and again, brightness will be limited. Some of the showers may turn a little more sleety later on. Staying cold with a stiff easterly wind.
There is high confidence that RSTs will be below zero tonight. RSTs may behave erratically in any snow showers. Confidence is lower for snow timings and accumulations, with snow amounts expected to vary across the region.
DCC Service Requests
This email account is not monitored, non-emergency service requests should be made through our website at awb://www.durham.gov.uk/article/1160 or by email at help@durham.gov.uk
All emergency service requests should be made by calling telephone number 03000 261000. This telephone number is staffed 24 hours, 7 days a week
Weather Updates
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Useful Information
Please see our website for further useful information, including:
Winter Maintenance Policy – details the service levels of where and when the Council will provide Winter Maintenance. awb://www.durham.gov.uk/winterserviceplan
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- Winter Maintenance Gritting Routes – map detailing the routes which will be gritted. awb://www.durham.gov.uk/winterroads
- Road Closures – up to date information relating to all unplanned temporary road closures across the county. awb://www.durham.gov.uk/article/1946/Unplanned-temporary-road-closures
- Weather station cameras - We have several weather station cameras next to roads in the county. You can use them to see what the weather and traffic is like on those roads. awb://www.durham.gov.uk/article/4529/Road-weather-station-cameras
- Social Media – we use social media, such as Facebook and Twitter, to communicate with our residents and visitors. awb://www.durham.gov.uk/socialmedia
- Today’s gritting plans – Our online system utilises live tracking from our fleet of gritters to provide an actual view of the priority network being gritted countywide. In addition, information is provided to advise which roads we plan to grit and which roads have been gritted on a daily basis.
