Powerful Pacific System Impacting the West; First Significant Snow for Portions of the East

Power Pacific system will continue to bring significant impacts for Pacific Northwest into northern California the remainder of the week. Dangerous coastal affects, heavy rain, flooding, strong winds, and higher elevation mountain snow continues. Meanwhile, a storm across the east is set to bring the first accumulating snow to many higher elevations of the Catskills into the central Appalachians. Read More >

Valentine Christmas Day Climatology

Christmas Day is observed nationally on December 25 and observations have been recorded in Valentine on Christmas Day since 1889. Included below is information about a White Christmas in Valentine.

CHRISTMAS DAY IN VALENTINE
PERIOD OF RECORD 127 YEARS: 1889-2015

TEMPERATURE DATA

Highest	65 degrees (2 times) (1928 & 1979)
Lowest	-22 degrees (1983)
Lowest Maximum	-1 degrees (1996)
Highest Minimum	34 degrees (1922)
Average High	36.2 degrees
Average Low	11.0 degrees
30 year Normal High	36 degrees
30 year Normal Low	10 degrees
Average Temperature Range	25.2 degrees
Largest Range between High and Low	53 degrees High 37, Low -16 (1985)
Smallest Range between High and Low	3 degrees High 22, Low 19 (1925)

High Temperature by 10 Degree Ranges

-0s	0s	10s	20s	30s	40s	50s	60s
1	3	14	26	26	31	20	6
0.8%	2.4%	11.0%	20.5%	20.5%	24.4%	15.7%	4.7%

Low Temperature by 10 Degree Ranges

-20s	-10s	-0s	0s	10s	20s	30s
1	3	19	36	32	33	3
0.8%	2.4%	15.0%	28.3%	25.2%	26.0%	2.4%

PRECIPITATION DATA

Maximum Precipitation	0.25 inches (1941)
Maximum Snowfall	4.0 inches (1996)
Number of Times Precipitation	42 Occurrences or 33.1%
Number of Times Measurable Precipitation (more than a Trace)	20 Occurrences or 15.7%
Number of Times Snowfall	38 Occurrences or 29.9%
Number of Times Measurable Snowfall (more than a Trace)	21 Occurrences or 16.5%
Number of Times No Precipitation	85 Occurrences or 66.9%
Most Snow on Ground at Observation Time	14 inches (1951)

WHITE CHRISTMAS IN VALENTINE
PERIOD OF RECORD 127 YEARS: 1889-2015
White Christmas = 1 inch or more of snow on ground
at observation time on December 25
(snow depth rounded to nearest whole inch or trace if 0.4 inches or less)

Number of Years with a White Christmas (127 years)	46 Years (36.2%)
Number of Years with a White Christmas (last 25 years)	7 Years (28.0%)
Number of Years with a White Christmas (last 10 years)	4 Years (40.0%) 2006 - 4 inches 2009 - 2 inches 2013 - 1 inch 2015 - 2 inches
Number of Years with trace or more snow on Ground (127 years)	69 Years (54.3%)
Number of Years with trace or more snow on Ground (last 25 years)	13 Years (52.0%)
Number of Years with trace or more snow on Ground (last 10 years)	7 Years (70.0%)
Consecutive Years with a White Christmas	6 Years (1980 - 1985)
Consecutive Years without a White Christmas	11 Years (1925 - 1936)
Current Streak Consecutive Years White Christmas	1 Year

White Christmas Occurences by Decade
* incomplete decade

1890s	1900s	1910s	1920s	1930s	1940s	1950s
3	2	6	3	2	3	2
1960s	1970s	1980s	1990s	2000s	2010s
6	3	8	3	3	2*

DAILY WEATHER SUMMARIES PAST 5 CHRISTMAS DAYS

Date	High	Low	Precip	Snow	Snow Depth	Remarks
2011	52	17	0.00	0.0	0	Sunny
2012	16	3	0.01	T	T	Mostly cloudy, on and off flurries all day
2013	37	20	0.00	0.0	1	Mostly sunny
2014	33	24	0.04	0.5	T	Cloudy, light snow most of the day
2015	35	6	0.05	0.5	2	Sunny morning, then cloudy with evening light snow

YEAR BY YEAR WEATHER FOR PAST CHRISTMAS DAYS
CLICK ON GRAPH FOR LARGER IMAGE

ALSO VISIT NORTH PLATTE CHRISTMAS DAY CLIMATOLOGY

For a climatology including a map of a white Christmas
across the lower 48 states visit White Christmas

For more holiday climate studies see the main menu
Holiday Climate Studies for North Platte and Valentine

Page composition by
Matthew Masek
Update includes 2015

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Powerful Pacific System Impacting the West; First Significant Snow for Portions of the East

Christmas Day Climatology - Valentine, NE