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Christmas Day Climatology

St. Louis, MO
Daily Record	High Temperature	Low Temperature	Average Temp	Precipitation	Snowfall	Morning Snow Depth
Max	71 (1889)	56 (1889)	64 (1889)	0.94 (1913)	9.2 (1913)	8 (1915)
Min	7 (1983)	-13 (1983)	-3 (1983)	0	0	0
Average	40	25	32	0.05	0.1	-
Total Occurrences	-	-	-	35 (≥ 0.01)	16 (≥ 0.1)	23 (≥ 1.0)
Total Occurrences	-	-	-	69 (≥ T)	40 (≥ T)	40 (≥ T)

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To be considered a white Christmas, there needs to be at least 1 inch of snow on the ground by 6:00 am Christmas Day.
There is a 20% chance the St. Louis area will have a white Christmas!
Last White Christmas: 2022 (1 inch snow depth)
There have been 4 days with low temperatures zero and below.
The chance for measurable precipitation on Christmas Day is 25% and the chance of measurable snowfall is 13%.

Period of Record

Temperature and Precipitation: 1874 - present
Snowfall: 1892 - present
Snow Depth: 1893 - present

Columbia, MO
Daily Record	High Temperature	Low Temperature	Average Temp	Precipitation	Snowfall	Morning Snow Depth
Max	74 (1889)	53 (1936)	59 (1936)	0.56 (1957)	3.4 (1987)	10 (1915)
Min	6 (1983)	-19 (1983)	-7 (1983)	0	0	0
Average	39	22	31	0.03	0.1	-
Total Occurrences	-	-	-	29 (≥ 0.01)	15 (≥ 0.1)	28 (≥ 1.0)
Total Occurrences	-	-	-	49 (≥ T)	36 (≥ T)	49 (≥ T)

Fun Facts

To be considered a white Christmas there needs to be at least 1 inch of snow on the ground by 6:00 am Christmas Day.
There is a 22% chance the Columbia area will have a White Christmas!
Last White Christmas: 2022 (1 inch snow depth)
There have been 5 days with low temperatures zero and below.
The chance of measurable precipitation in Columbia on Christmas Day is 22% and the chance of measurable snowfall is 11%.

Period of Record

Temperature and Precipitation: 1890 - present
Snowfall: 1890 - present
Snow Depth: 1893 - present

Quincy, IL
Daily Record	High Temperature	Low Temperature	Average Temp	Precipitation
Max	66 (2019)	51 (1936)	56 (2019, 1936)	1.02 (1915)
Min	-2 (1983)	-16 (1983)	-9 (1983)	0
Average	36	20	28	0.04
Total Occurrences	-	-	-	26 (≥ 0.01)

Fun Facts

There have been 7 days with low temperatures zero and below.
The chance of measurable precipitation on Christmas Day is 21%.

Period of Record

Temperature and Precipitation: 1901 - present
No Snowfall or Snow Depth due to incomplete datasets.

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