Trains were cancelled, shops were shut, and we were all told to stay at home. Storm Goretti brought chaos to Birmingham last week (Thursday, January 8). Heavy snow fell on the Second City as a ‘weather bomb’ hit the UK. But, while we woke to a wintry wonderland scene, it didn’t last long… but is more on the way?
You see, it seems snow is like buses, you wait forever for one to turn up, and then the city is befallen with two snowfalls in one month. Netweather, a leading independent weather forecasting company in the UK, is predicting another massive snowstorm before the month is out!
When will it snow in Birmingham?
According to Netweather, the odds of a ‘Snow Risk’ in Birmingham are expected to increase significantly on Tuesday, January 27, 2026. Starting at 56% in the early hours of the morning and rising to a 95% chance of snow by the evening. The percentage of risk remains high throughout the following day (Wednesday, January 28, 2026), with 14-day predictions concluding at this level.
But snow could come earlier than that still. Currently sitting at 0%, the odds do start to rise slightly in the days leading up to this battering of snow. On Friday, January 23, the chance of snow starts to rise, hitting as high as 23% before reaching 56% on Sunday evening (January 25) and 60% on Monday morning (January 26).
Obviously, the weather in the UK is highly unpredictable, especially this far in advance. But even the Met Office has hinted at snow, when a “potential transition to colder weather also increases the chance of snow across parts of the country,” between Monday, January 19 and Wednesday, January 28, 2026.
“Throughout this period, the UK will see a battle between Atlantic weather systems attempting to arrive from the west while high pressure and colder conditions attempt to exert some influence from the east. Initially, milder Atlantic air is expected to dominate…. Later in the period, there is an increased chance that conditions will turn colder.”