If you’re been blaring “I’m dreaming of a white Christmas…” this holiday season, odds are, you’re not alone. But the odds of actually seeing a white Christmas are actually historically slim.
So, let’s dig a little deeper …and see what the chances of a true winter wonderland are for New England. Snow on Christmas Day itself.
Compiling 130 years of data, there have been 45 Christmases with a trace of snow on Christmas Day. A trace is defined as accumulating snow that never reaches 0.1.” This lets us know that roughly 34% of Christmases, in more than a century, have had snow falling on the day itself.CLIMATE OF THE 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS
While the odds of a white Christmas are low, the chances of a warming 12 Days of Christmas are much higher.In a warmer climate, it’s likely more wintry precipitation will fall as rain, rather than snow across the country. Since 1969, 97% of 246 recording locations evaluated in the US have been warming.
Temperatures have climbed from coast to coast. One location that’s warmed the most is Burlington, Vermont .This goes beyond snow falling on Christmas Day. A warming planet eventually can have an economical impact too. Threatening winter sports and recreation like skiing, skating, ice fishing and snowboarding, leaving them all at risk by a rising number of above-freezing days.It’s a bit too early to say with exact certainty whether or not we’ll have a White Christmas in Boston.
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