Posted on 12/13/2025 7:01:52 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
If you’ve been dreaming of a white Christmas, be warned that it might not become a reality.
Many people have memories of watching the snow fall on Christmas Day—but data shows that, across the country, a white Christmas occurs less frequently than you might think.
In general, if an area has widespread snow and persistently colder patterns leading up to Christmas, it could be a predictor of snow on Christmas.
But while many people across the country might lament the white Christmases of their youth, the truth is that many places typically don’t see snow in late December—people just think they did.
That doesn’t mean that winter weather hasn’t changed over the years. Climate change is causing temperatures to rise across the country—and it's impacting precipitation patterns.
“Decembers have warmed three to five degrees across the country in the last 75 years,” says Robinson.
While a few degrees might not seem like much, it could mean the difference between snow and rain. “With warmer temperatures being recorded across the nation, the odds of a white Christmas are going down,” says Pete Globe, at the Colorado Climate Center. “So there is at least some truth to the anecdote that we're seeing less white Christmases across a lot of the country.”
That’s due to a mix of climate change and climate variability, the natural fluctuations in climate patterns in a given region. The northeast, upper Midwest and New York and New Jersey are some of the areas where this trend is strongest, says Globe. Climate change is also causing shorter, warmer winters. But that doesn’t mean that a white Christmas will become a thing of the past. Some areas that often see snow might see more intense storms due to climate change, as a warmer atmosphere is able to hold more moisture.
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I experienced my first white Christmas at age 72. I just had to move to an area where it snows regularly. Duh!
They claimed the oceans would be 3’ higher by 2020 and no snow on the North Pole. Quick, lets call it Climate Change (weather).
1-3 inches of snow forecast tonight, New York City. High temperature yesterday 11 degrees below average.
https://www.wunderground.com/hourly/us/ny/manhattan/40.75,-73.99
https://www.wunderground.com/history/daily/us/ny/new-york-city/KJRA/date/2025-12-12
“What Climate Change Means for White Christmas”
White Christmas has ended, probably permanently, due to their mass migration.
Just got back in from ice fishing. Caught a big female perch and 5 keeper gills making for 13 sweet fillets tomorrow for lunch.
In 25 years this is the earliest I have ever ice fished on my neighborhood lakes.
It’s already white and I think Christmas will be white, again.
Where is “up here”? Northern Canada?
Get how this works?
“What Climate Change Means for White Christmases”
We change our religion from believing in what God creates to what man creates....that is the meaning.
Central NH
The truth is...Jan-Mar are the snowiest/stormiest months. December is not.
Thank you.
“up here” could mean anywhere.
Down here in southwest Colorado it’s bee warm and less than normal snow in the High Country.
Well played sir!
If it wasn't rare it wouldn't be special and they probably wouldn't have written a song about it. I'll be happy with one or two snowfalls between Jan and Feb, and I'm particularly eager for the temps to his the 60's this week here in NW TN.
Where I live in the real midwest, forecast temps starting on Dec.14 thru Dec. 27 are all pretty decent, from 40* on up into the 50s & even 60s. Today is a bit colder. East fr4om us, I think everything is colder & more snow, except maybe for a few selected areas. Here it is not bad, especially after spending a couple winters in N. Maine some years ago. Those were some pretty awful winters
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