Millions of Americans across the U.S. will be ringing in the New Year with umbrellas and ponchos as rain, snow, and even some thunderstorms could impact celebrations as we welcome 2025.

Between 1959 and 1966, four Christmas Days had more than 3 inches of snow on the ground, ... A pedestrian walks between drifts of snow in Times Square in New York City, Dec. 27, 1947.

The ball drops for the new year during New Year's Eve celebrations in Times Square on January 1, 2018, in New York. Rainy weather might affect celebrations this year.

The glory years for Christmas snow in D.C. were in the 1960s. White Christmases occurred in 1960, 1962, 1963, 1966 and 1969. ... A white Christmas has occurred only 14 times since 1893.