Light to moderate snow will continue into Saturday over the Great Lakes, Central Appalachians, and Northeast. This weekend into next week, a series of atmospheric rivers will bring gusty winds, periods of heavy rain, and mountain snow to northern California and the Pacific Northwest. Colder temperatures are in store for the weekend from the Great Lakes to East Coast. Read More >
THE JACKSON WEATHER OFFICE STARTED KEEPING CLIMATE RECORDS ON
JANUARY 1ST 1981. THIS MEANS THAT 35 CHRISTMAS DAYS HAVE COME AND
GONE. LETS TAKE A LOOK AT THE HISTORY OF WEATHER FOR DECEMBER 25TH.
THE COLDEST CHRISTMAS DAY OCCURRED IN 1983...WHEN THE MERCURY
DROPPED TO 12 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. THIS WAS THE ONLY CHRISTMAS WHEN
SUB ZERO READINGS WERE RECORDED AT THE JACKSON WEATHER SERVICE
OFFICE. IN FACT THE HIGH TEMPERATURE ONLY REACHED 6 DEGREES THAT
DAY...WHICH IS THE COLDEST HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR DECEMBER 25TH.
IN CONTRAST...THE WARMEST CHRISTMAS DAY HAPPENED ON THE PREVIOUS
YEAR...1982. THE TEMPERATURE SOARED TO 76 DEGREES. THE LOW READING
WAS ONLY 59 DEGREES THAT DAY...WHICH IS THE WARMEST MINIMUM
TEMPERATURE FOR CHRISTMAS DAY.
THE SNOWIEST CHRISTMAS WAS BACK IN 1993...WHEN 3.6 INCHES OF SNOW
BLANKETED THE GROUND. THERE WERE ALSO FOUR OTHER CHRISTMAS
OCCURRENCES WHEN OVER AN INCH OF SNOW FELL...2.1 INCHES IN
1995...1.5 INCHES IN 2002...1.4 INCHES IN 1992 AND 1.3 INCHES IN
2010. 11 CHRISTMAS DAYS SAW AT LEAST A TRACE OF SNOWFALL OVER THE
LAST 35 YEARS.
THE GREATEST CHRISTMAS MORNING SNOW DEPTH WAS TWO INCHES...AND
HAPPENED IN 1985 AND 1989. THERE WAS ALSO FOUR CHRISTMAS MORNINGS
THAT HAD A SNOW DEPTH OF ONE INCH...1993...1995...1998 AND 2010. IN
TOTAL...AT LEAST A TRACE OF SNOW WAS ON THE GROUND FOR 13 OF THE
LAST 35 CHRISTMAS MORNINGS.
THE WETTEST CHRISTMAS...HAPPENED IN 1987...WHEN 1.93 INCHES OF RAIN
WAS RECEIVED AT THE JACKSON WEATHER OFFICE. THERE HAVE BEEN 8 TOTAL
CHRISTMAS DAYS WHEN PRECIPITATION FELL AS JUST RAIN BETWEEN 1981 AND
2010 BECAUSE TEMPERATURES WERE TOO WARM. IN TOTAL...21 OF THE LAST
35 CHRISTMAS HAVE SEEN SOME TYPE OF PRECIPITATION.
MISCELLANEOUS CHRISTMAS WEATHER INFORMATION...THERE HAVE BEEN 25
CHRISTMAS DAYS WHEN THE MERCURY WAS EQUAL TO OR DROPPED BELOW THE
FREEZING MARK. THERE WERE ALSO 11 DAYS WHEN THE HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS
32 DEGREES OR BELOW. 16 CHRISTMAS DAYS AVERAGED 32 DEGREES OR LESS.
OVER THE LAST 35 CHRISTMAS DAYS...21 HAVE BEEN WET WHILE 14 HAVE BEEN DRY.
THE AGE OLD QUESTION OF WILL WE HAVE A WHITE CHRISTMAS? THE EARLY
OUTLOOK FOR CHRISTMAS 2016...INDICATES THAT THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE
OF RAIN ON CHRISTMAS WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 50S TO LOWER 60S.
HERE IS THE DAILY DATA FROM THE JACKSON WEATHER OFFICE FOR CHRISTMAS
SINCE 1981...
7 AM
YEAR HIGH LOW PRECIPITATION SNOWFALL SNOW DEPTH
1981 44 30 0.00 0.0 0
1982 76 59 0.17 0.0 0
1983 6 -12 T T T
1984 45 24 T 0.0 0
1985 17 5 0.02 0.2 2
1986 41 34 0.01 0.0 0
1987 59 48 1.93 0.0 0
1988 47 32 0.00 0.0 0
1989 24 16 0.02 0.1 2
1990 31 11 T T T
1991 45 25 0.00 0.0 0
1992 37 19 0.06 1.4 0
1993 31 14 0.17 3.6 1
1994 46 31 0.00 0.0 0
1995 27 22 0.06 2.1 1
1996 33 19 0.00 0.0 0
1997 54 37 0.09 0.0 0
1998 33 17 0.00 0.0 1
1999 27 10 0.00 0.0 T
2000 23 7 0.00 0.0 T
2001 31 19 0.00 0.0 0
2002 42 26 0.28 1.5 T
2003 32 25 0.02 0.4 T
2004 33 14 0.00 0.0 T
2005 48 34 0.49 T 0
2006 50 38 0.25 0.0 0
2007 47 30 0.00 0.0 0
2008 44 30 0.00 0.0 0
2009 58 34 0.15 0.0 0
2010 28 23 0.09 1.3 1
2011 53 30 0.00 0.0 0
2012 45 33 0.02 0.0 0
2013 40 16 0.00 0.0 0
2014 44 36 T 0.0 0
2015 65 57 0.91 0.0 0
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