After a mild autumn so far, this week has seen winds swing around from the north, bringing with it an arctic airstream with temperatures plummeting.
Overnight temperatures have fallen to minus two degrees Celsius with a daytime high of just three degrees Celsius.
Yesterday (November 19) the Met Office extended its Yellow Weather Warning for ice and snow to include Sunderland and other eastern coastal areas and this morning the city awoke to light blanket of snowfall.
Check out the following snowy scenes as the city was turned into a winter wonderland.
1. Get the sledges out of the garage
Sledging on Blackberry Hills, Marsden with the first snow of the autumn/winter season. | sn Photo: SN
2. Early snowfall
Sunderland awoke this morning to a November dusting of snow. | National World Photo: National World
3. Snowy rooftops
Snowy rooftops this morning on this Washington housing estate. | Natiuonal World Photo: National World
