The October 2008 United Kingdom cold wave was a spell of unseasonably cold weather that affected the United Kingdom during the final week of October 2008. This cold spell was notable as it brought the first October snowfall in the United Kingdom since 2003; it also set record low maximum and record low minimum temperatures, and brought the first October snowfall to parts of the country in decades. and brought the first October snowfall in London and Northern Ireland since 1934.