National Weather Service United States Department of Commerce

 

Christmas

     PERIOD OF RECORD:   153 YEARS    (1871 - 2023)

 

Christmas is celebrated on December 25th. The highest temperature recorded on Christmas is 66F degrees in 1982. The lowest the mercury has fallen to on Christmas is -12F in 1980. The high temperature averages 36F degrees and the low 21F degrees on Christmas.

The greatest precipitation recorded on Christmas Day was 1.49 inches, which fell as a mixture of rain and snow in 1978. The 18.0 inches of snow measured in this Christmas storm of 1978 was also the greatest snow for Christmas Day. 

Historically, there is a 56 percent chance of a white Christmas (an inch or more of snow on the ground) since snow depth records started in 1926.

 

 

 

Temperature (F) Data

 

Highest

66 1982

Lowest

-12 1980

Highest Minimum

49 1932

Lowest Maximum

4 1872

Average High

36  

Average Low

21  

 

 

 

     HIGH TEMPERATURE (F)  BY 10 DEGREE RANGES

(since 1940; 84 years)

 

  10s 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s
Number of occurrences 7 20 30 19 6 2
Percentage 8% 24% 36% 23% 7% 2%

 

 

   

Precipitation Data

(since 1940; 84 years)

 

Number of times 0.01" or greater:

49

Number of times 0.10" or greater:

17

Number of times 0.50" or greater:

7

 

 

 

 

Precipitation Records

 

Greatest Precipitation
 

1.49" 1978
Greatest Snow 18.0 1978

 

 

 

Almanac Data for Recent Christmas Days

 

Year High Low Precip Snow Snow Depth
1980
17 -12 0.03 0.8 9
1981
35 24 0.00 0.0 2
1982
66 47 0.19 0.0 0
1983
11 1 0.09 1.4 4
1984
29 16 0.03 0.3 T
           
1985 18 7 T T 3
1986 41 34 0.02 0.0 0
1987 51 36 0.03 0.0 0
1988 37 26 T T 0
1989 20 16 0.02 0.5 7
           
1990 27 12 T T 2
1991 31 12 T 0.1 2
1992 38 12 0.03 0.5 3
1993 24 14 T 0.1 1
1994 47 27 0.00 0.0 0
           
1995 30 24 0.07 1.4 7
1996 25 18 0.07 1.4 T
1997 44 34 0.05 0.0 0
1998 27 14 0.01 0.2 T
1999 27 10 T 0.5 2
           
2000 14 9 0.07 3.0 2
2001 32 26 T T 0
2002 29 25 0.84 12.3 3
2003 37 29 0.03 0.5 0
2004 20 10 0.00 0.0 T
           
2005 43 31 0.12 0.0 T
2006 49 31 0.59 0.0 0
2007 34 26 T T 1
2008 40 29 T 0.2 3
2009 39 23 0.41 0.0 1
           
2010 26 19 0.01 0.2 4
2011 47 26 0.02 T 0
2012 31 29 0.02 0.3 2
2013 26 4 0.00 0.0 2
2014 52 40 0.02 0.0 0
           
2015 50 33 0.03 0.0 0
2016 37 24 0.00 0.0 3
2017 34 17 0.06 1.0 6
2018 35 30 0.02 0.4 2
2019 48 24 0.00 0.0 0
           
2020 37 23 0.28 0.3 0
2021 49 38 0.47 0.0 T
2022 21 12 0.02 0.6 1
2023 57 40 0.00 0.0 0
2024