If you’re dreaming of a white Christmas, Tacoma, sadly your dreams will likely not become a reality this winter.
The Farmers’ Almanac Christmas forecast has arrived for Dec. 24 to Dec. 31, and it looks like Washington is one of the several states that won’t be experiencing a white Christmas. Much of the country can expect a dry and cold Christmas, except for states in the northeast that will likely have wet snow.
When was the last time Tacoma had a white Christmas?
The National Weather Service defines a white Christmas as having at least one inch of snow on the ground.
The last time Tacoma had an official white Christmas was in 2017 when it received between 1 to 2 inches of snow, said Dustin Guy, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service station in Seattle in an interview.
Snow began to fall that year on Christmas Eve, and continued on through Christmas Day when early morning temperatures in Tacoma were 31 degrees and had a high of 35 degrees, Guy said.
