St. Louis, MO

Weather Forecast Office

Christmas Climatology

Christmas Climatology

Saint Louis, Missouri

Daily Records

Daily High Temperature

Daily Low Temperature

Daily Average Temperature

Daily Precipitation

Daily Snowfall

Morning Snow Depth

Maximum
Value

71 (1889)

56 (1889)

64 (1889)

0.94 (1913)

9.2 (1913)

8 (1915)

Minimum
Value

7 (1983)

-13 (1983)

-3 (1983)

0

Average
Value

40

25

32

0.05

0.1

-

Number of
Occurrences

-

35 (≥ 0.01)

16 (≥ 0.1)

23 (≥ 1.0)

Number of
Occurrences

-

69 (≥ Trace)

40 (≥ 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 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%.

Records:
(1874-present) Temperature/Precipitation
(1892-present) Snowfall
(1893-present) Snow Depth

Columbia, Missouri

Daily Records

Daily High Temperature

Daily Low Temperature

Daily Average Temperature

Daily Precipitation

Daily Snowfall

Morning Snow Depth

Maximum
Value

74 (1889)

53 (1936)

59 (1936)

0.56 (1957)

3.4 (1987)

10 (1915)

Minimum
Value

6 (1983)

-19 (1983)

-7 (1983)

0

Average
Value

39

22

31

0.03

0.1

-

Number of
Occurrences

-

29 (≥ 0.01)

15 (≥0.1)

28 (≥ 1.0)

Number of
Occurrences

-

49 (≥ Trace)

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%.

Records:
(1890-present) Temperature/Precipitation
(1890-present) Snowfall
(1893-present) Snow Depth

Quincy, Illinois

Daily Records

Daily High Temperature

Daily Low Temperature

Daily Average Temperature

Daily Precipitation

Daily Snowfall

Morning Snow Depth

Maximum
Value

66 (2019)

51 (1936)

56 (2019/1936)

1.02 (1915)

-

Minimum
Value

-2 (1983)

-16 (1983)

-9 (1983)

0

-

Average
Value

36

20

28

0.04

-

Number of
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%.

Records:
(1901-present) Temperature/Precipitation
No Snowfall or Snow Depth due to incomplete data sets