In more recent years, snow has become a recognisable symbol of Christmas, often seen as part of cards, wrapping paper, festive artwork and tree decorations. As you would imagine, those odds climb higher and higher the farther north. The severe weather later led to the idea of 'frost fairs', where shops, ice rinks and pubs would open on the ice. Records go back over 100 years in Boston and it turns out that Boston has a white Christmas about 25 percent of the time. During this period, it was common for the River Thames to freeze and in 1536, King Henry VIII travelled from London to Greenwich on a sleigh across it. This era is now known as the Little Ice Age. Britain also experienced colder winters between 16, with temperatures often dropping to -13 C. It is thought that Christmas first became associated with snow during the Victorian period, after Dickens featured it in his books. Perthshire, Scotland had 47cm of snow on December 25, 1981, the deepest figure ever recorded, while Gainford, Durham, had the coldest Christmas Day in 1878 at -18.3 C.Ĭapel Curig, Wales, experienced the wettest Christmas Day in 2015, with 165mm of rain and Sella Ness, Shetland Islands, faced the strongest winds at 101mph in 2011. Technically, the last white Christmas was on Christmas Day in 2015, with 11 per cent of weather stations recording snowfall, though no station reported any of snow settling on the ground. A few of the warmer afternoons, early in December will produce afternoon highs in upper 50s F (about 15 C). A whopping 83 per cent of stations recorded snow on the ground, the highest amount ever reported. The record low temperature in Boston during December was -7F (-21.7 C) Afternoon high temperatures also will fall from the mid-40s F (7 to 8 C) early in the month to the upper 30 s F (3 to 4 C) by New Year’s Eve. The last widespread white Christmas in the UK was back in 2010. Worcester had a foot of snow (12.2 to be exact) back in December of 2019, but. Previously, the Met Office building in London was the location used to determine whether the UK had a white Christmas, but as the number of people betting on it has increased so has the locations used (as the odds show). The last time we had a foot of snow from a storm pre-Christmas in Boston was back in 2008 (12.5 on December 20). The latest odds from Paddy Power are as follows:ġ0/1 Snow in Cork on Christmas Day History of Christmas Day snow and weather forecasts Latest white Christmas odds for the UK in 2021īookmakers are offering odds on snowfall in a number of cities across the UK. The Met Office defines the term as at least one snowflake falling on one of its observing stations during the 24 hours of December 25.Īccording to the Met Office, there have only been four occasions in the UK in the last 51 years where more than 40 per cent of stations in the UK reported snow on the ground at 9am. Snow doesn't need to settle on the ground to be a white Christmas. By the National Weather Service’s qualifications, there must be an inch of snow on the ground when. Could we see a white Christmas in 2021? From the science behind winter weather to the bookmaker odds, here is everything you need to know about snow during the festive season. To be clear, Boston is unlikely to meet the official criteria for a white Christmas. We've had to invent more modern Christmas traditions.īut they do still happen in the UK on occasion.
White Christmases were fairly frequent in the 1800s but the warmer climate these days means the chance of widespread snow on December 25 is usually pretty slim.
Wind chill values as low as 17 below.Many Christmas tales feature picturesque snow-covered towns and villages, log fires and frost-rimed trees, imagery that goes back to Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol and mid-Victorian Christmas cards. Northwest winds around 20 mph shifting to the southwest in the afternoon. Wind chill values as low as 18 below.Įlevations between 2,500 and 4,000 feet in Northern New Hampshire At elevations above 5000 feet, west winds around 30 mph increasing to around 45 mph in the afternoon. Today: Partly sunny in the morning, then becoming mostly cloudy. Summits above 4,000 feet in Northern New Hampshire Open: Bretton Woods, Loon Mountain, Cannon Mountain, Mount Sunapee Resort, Ragged Mountain Resort, Waterville Valley Resort, Wildcat Mountain, Attitash Mountain Resort, Gunstock Mountain Resort, Pats Peak, Cranmore Mountain Resort, McIntyre Ski Area, King Pine Ski Area, Dartmouth Skiwayĭecember 26 – Abenaki Ski Area, Whaleback Mountain, Black Mountain Mother Nature said these are subject to change and to check ski area websites for the most up-to-date opening dates. Our favorite ski areas estimated opening dates are listed below Check out conditions on the slopes via Ski NH: Conditions – Ski New Hampshire
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