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- Many of us dream of a White Christmas, and according to the Met Office snowflakes have been recorded on Christmas Day in the UK 39 times in the last 53 years.
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The definition that the Met Office uses to define a white Christmas is for one snowflake to be observed falling in the 24 hours of 25 December somewhere in the UK. Traditionally we used to use a single location in the country to define a white Christmas, which was the Met Office building in London. However, with the increase in betting on where wil...
We can accurately forecast if snow is likely on any given Christmas Day up to five days beforehand. Since 1960, around half of the years have seen at least 5% of the network record snow falling on Christmas Day. This means we can probably expect more than half of all Christmas Days to be a 'white Christmas'. However, the Dickensian scene of widespr...
Technically, 2022 was the last white Christmas in the UK with 9% of stations recording snow falling, although none reported any snow lying on the ground. Before that 2021 and 2020 were also white Christmases, with 6% of weather stations recording snow falling in both years, but less than 1%of stations reported any snow lying on the ground in 2021 a...
Dec 13, 2022 · The deepest lying snow on Christmas day in the UK was recorded back in 1981 when Kindrogan, Perthshire recorded 47cm. Across the four countries of the UK, the deepest snowfalls at Christmas were:...
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Since 1961, countrywide, snow has fallen on 17 Christmas Days (1961, 1962, 1964, 1966, 1970, 1980, 1984, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2009 and 2010), with nine of these having snow lying on the ground at 09:00 (1964, 1970, 1980, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2004, 2009 and 2010).
CityStateProbability (%)[20]3841190Dec 26, 2022 · The last time was in 2010, when snow was recorded on the ground at 83 per cent of stations and snow was falling at 19 per cent on Christmas Day. The year 2021 was also technically a white Christmas, with 6 per cent of weather stations recording snowfall on Christmas Day.
Nov 23, 2023 · Many of us dream of a White Christmas, and according to the Met Office snowflakes have been recorded on Christmas Day in the UK 39 times in the last 53 years.
