New York City woke up to its first white Christmas in 15 years. But only a few areas of the U.S. are likely to see snow in the weather forecast for Christmas 2024.

New York City could see its first white Christmas in 15 years. One inch of snow fell in Central Park on Christmas Eve morning, but it’s not clear if it’ll melt before Christmas Day.

AccuWeather's white Christmas forecast map shows a "high chance" for snow in parts of 18 states, including Washington, Oregon, California, Montana, Idaho, Utah, northern Arizona, northern New ...

Hawaii also likely won't have a white Christmas, though sometimes snow falls on high-elevation areas in the Aloha State. What People Are Saying.

According to weather service data for Central Park, in the years after Mr. Berlin wrote the song, there wasn’t snow on Christmas in New York until 1945, a few months after the end of the war.

States with snow on the ground for Christmas include North Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, northeastern Ohio, nearly every state in New England and in the Rocky Mountain region.

1962: Cold rain on Christmas Eve got a boost of sleet and snow early on Christmas Day, but it didn't stick. 1929: A large winter storm dropped up to 11" in parts of Mississippi on Dec. 21-23.

Snow was already on the ground on Christmas day in 1876, 1963, and 2004. On average, about once every ten years, snow is either covering the ground or falling from the sky.

Many people associate snow with Christmas and the holiday season even though snow on Christmas Day isn’t something seen too often in the Tri-State. Blame Bing Crosby and the tune he made famous.

The Grand Rapids area saw 2.7 inches of new snow on Christmas Day in 2022, the weather service said. A blizzard that struck earlier that week in 2022 dumped 24.5 inches on the area, the NWS said.