Bradford Council has said that gritters will be out on the district's streets tonight as temperatures are set to be close to freezing.
The authority tweeted: "It's forecast to be chilly tonight (3 May). Temperatures are expected to be only just over freezing, so we will have drivers out on patrol gritting where necessary from 10pm."
According to the Met Office, this bank holiday weekend is set to see very different weather to the record highs of more than 20C over Easter weekend.
Met Office forecaster Richard Miles said: "It will be colder, a lot colder, with showers in the north and the east of England.
"Saturday will be the worst day of the Bank Holiday weekend in terms of chilly showers and possible hail on the east coast, though Sunday and Monday will be a lot more settled.
"Sheltered, hilly areas in the North and Scotland could see colder and wintry weather in the evening from a northerly direction."
Mr Miles has a bit better news news for anyone heading west for the long weekend.
"The West should escape most of the colder weather, in Wales it could actually be quite nice, normal weather and the same in parts of Northern Ireland, as most places go to double figures during the day," he said.
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The lowest temperature ever recorded on the early May bank holiday was minus 6.4C in Grantown-on-Spey in Scotland in 1981, and in Kinbrace in Scotland in 1988.
Asked about the chances of it being colder than that weekend, Mr Miles said: "You'd be unlucky to see weather that cold, though some sheltered areas will feel very chilly."
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