Black Friday: Chilly weather to greet eager shoppers across the UK

By Jillian MacMath, AccuWeather.com Staff Writer

November 23,2016; 7:06PM,EST

 

 

Though online deals kicked off early this year, many retailers across the United Kingdom are waiting to reward those who venture into the early morning chill on Black Friday.
Following the U.S. tradition, numerous big name retail outlets will launch mega deals on Friday, Nov. 25, the day after the Thanksgiving holiday.
For the majority of the United Kingdom, dry weather and sunny spells will greet eager deal hunters.

The return of seasonable air will be welcome by many after last week's chill, but winter coats will remain a necessity.
"It will be slightly on the warmer side across southern England on Black Friday morning, with temperatures around 7 C, but as you go farther north, shoppers should bundle up," AccuWeather Meteorologist Tyler Roys said.
In the early morning hours, temperatures will struggle to climb out of the lower single digits in the Midlands and northern England.
Parts of Scotland could dip as low as minus 5 to minus 7 degrees Celsius.
Much of Scotland and Northern Ireland will also experience freezing fog, which could create a thin coating of ice on roads, Roys said.
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Asda, which first introduced the shopping holiday to the U.K. in 2013, is opting out of the Black Friday bustle for the second year in a row.
In 2015, it announced its decision to step back from the anticipated event due to "shopper fatigue setting in around flash sales."
There will be no shortage of deals, however, as various other shops are set to open bright and early on Friday morning.
Tesco, which is promising its best ever Black Friday event, will open over 300 stories at 5 a.m. Morrison's, Argos and Curry's PC World are also among the bunch promising can't-miss bargains.
Those uninterested in scraping their windscreens off and braving the early morning chill are in luck; online deals are even more numerous this year than those in-store.
Amazon.co.uk has announced it expects 2016 to be its biggest Christmas on record - surpassing 2015, when it sold more than 7.4 million items on Friday, 27 November.