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 >
Remembrances of Christmas Days Past
The Jackson weather office started keeping climate records on January 1st 1981. This means that 39 Christmas Days have come and gone. Let’s take a look at the history of weather for December 25th.
The coldest Christmas Day was in 1983, when the mercury dropped to 12 degrees below zero. This was the only Christmas when subzero 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 temperature 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 three other Christmas occurrences when over an inch of snow fell which were 2.1 inches in 1995, 1.5 inches in 2002, and 1.4 inches in 1992. 12 Christmas Days saw at least a trace of snowfall over the last 39 years. There have been 5 official white Christmas occurences with at least 1 inch of snow on the ground at 7 am. The greatest Christmas morning snow depth was two inches and happened in 1985 and 1989. There were three Christmas mornings that had a snow depth of one inch, which were 1993, 1995, and 1998. In total, at least a trace of snow was on the ground for 12 of the last 39 Christmas mornings.
The wettest Christmas happened in 1987 when 1.93 inches of rain was received at the Jackson weather office. In total, 17 of the last 29 Christmas Days have seen some type of precipitation.
Here is some other Christmas weather information. There have been 22 Christmas Days when the temperature was equal to or dropped below the freezing mark. There were also 10 days when the high temperature was 32 degrees or below. 14 Christmas Days averaged 32 degrees or less. Over the last 29 Christmas Days, 12 have been dry.
Here is a map for the historical probability for a White Christmas for the entire US:
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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 0
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
2016 59 48 0.13 0.0 0
2017 30 20 0.01 0.2 0
2018 42 30 0.00 0.0 0
2019 69 39 0.00 0.0 0
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