Are you dreaming of a white Christmas? They’ve been difficult to come by in Boston across recent years, but how often “should” we be getting them and what are our chances this year?
WHITE CHRISTMAS HISTORICALLY
You don’t have to look back very far to find our most recent white Christmas — it occurred just last year! Before that, however, we only recorded one technical white Christmas (2009) since the turn of the century! Technically, you need an inch of snow on the ground at sunrise for it to count in the books, but it is worth noting that in 2017 and in 2002, an inch of snow did still fall during Christmas day.
Historically speaking however, the odds of a white Christmas in Boston sit slightly above 25% or roughly 1 in every 4 years. It’s no question however, that these odds have been decreasing in recent decades. This coincides with short-term weather records in which the greatest warming trend has occurred in the month of December…