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 |