It is only mid-September but summer already feels like a distant memory, and Scots may be forced to hunker down even more as some weather charts suggest parts of the country are earmarked for the UK's first autumn snowfall.
The Record previously reported on the precise moment autumn's first snowfall is expected to arrival in Scotland this weekend after WX Charts, using Met Desk data, indicated flurries of the white stuff are approaching within days.
Forecasters from WX Charts are predicting a wintry turn to showers at around midnight on Sunday, September 21, with temperatures to plummet to 0C with areas from Inverness to Struan in Scotland facing potential snowfall.
However, the Met Office and BBC Weather have addressed rumours that snow may be on the horizon for the UK, particularly Central Scotland, as the weekend approaches. Both weather bodies are sceptical about these claims.
BBC Weather's forecast for Wednesday, September 17 to Sunday, 21 describes conditions as "wet and breezy at times".
They note: "Fresh to strong winds will ease for a while by Friday but the weekend will see renewed increases as a low pressure system develops over the southern part of the UK."
They add: "That could bring some rather heavy rain at times across most of England and Wales, although the position of this impending low is rather uncertain.
"Nevertheless, Scotland and Northern Ireland are likely to have somewhat drier and occasionally brighter conditions with a few showers rather than widespread rain.
"However, there is a chance that some of that rain could edge northwards," reports Birmingham Live.
There is no mention of snow in their forecasts, and the BBC does not confirm any snow flurries in its forecast from Monday September 22 to Monday, September 29 either.
Looking to the weekend, the Met Office has forecasted: "Remaining unsettled into the weekend, with strong winds and spells of rain likely. Warm and humid in the sunnier southeast on Friday, but turning colder for all by Sunday."
As we approach the end of September, the Met Office adds: "It will also turn colder, as a northerly flow becomes established for a time."
They add that towards the latter part of this period, there may be a shift in conditions.
"Later in the period, more widely drier and settled conditions could develop as high pressure becomes slightly more influential, although probably still with a few coastal showers," the national forecaster said.
"Temperatures should gradually return closer to average."
September is a month of transition in the UK, often marked by a mix of lingering summer warmth and the first hints of autumn's arrival.
The Met Office's current weather records for September, drawn from over a century of observations, reveal just how varied and sometimes dramatic the month can be.
September can deliver notable cold snaps. The UK's lowest daily minimum temperature in September is -6.7C, measured at Dalwhinnie (Inverness-shire) on 26 September 1942, a record that also stands for Scotland.
The highest daily maximum September temperature ever recorded in Scotland is 32.2C, set at Gordon Castle (Moray) on 1 September 1906.