(WHTM) — Christmas is just a week away, everyone will be waiting to see if we will have a white or a wet Christmas. But, what exactly is snow and how does it form? Also, why do two snowflakes… ...

A white Christmas also is expected for some states with snow already on the ground, though they aren't expecting to see fresh snowfall, AccuWeather long-range expert Paul Pastelok told Newsweek.

If you want a white Christmas in a city setting, your best bets historically are Minneapolis – about a 70% chance — or Burlington, Vermont — around a 60 to 65% chance.

Along with that snowflake of truth, the National Weather Service posted a graphic, "White Christmas History for Philadelphia, PA," with 70 trees. The graphic tells the story of white Christmases ...

If we loosely define “white Christmas” as “snowflakes in the air,” only the far western U.P. could have a white Christmas. Forecast of rain and snow areas at 7 a.m. Christmas.

So if one single snowflake falls in one single location on Christmas Day or Christmas Eve, it's a white Christmas for all of the UK. The bar is rather lower than idyllic scenes of festive cheer.

You might be dreaming of a white Christmas in New Orleans, but that doesn't mean it's going to happen. Snow at any time of year is incredibly rare south of Lake Pontchartrain, and it's even less ...

One single snowflake is enough. The most recent official white Christmas in Britain was last year, with 11 percent of stations recording snow falling, ...

The most recent time London had a snowy holiday was in 2023, with 2022, 2021, 2020, and 2017 also being classed white Christmases.. But most of us think of a white Christmas as blankets of snow ...