It need not snow on Dec. 25 to fit the weather service's definition of a white Christmas, but some flurries would certainly help put folks in the holiday spirit.

Dreams of a white Christmas are being shattered for most of us, as the nation could see its least-snowy Christmas Day in modern recordkeeping. But a last-minute snowstorm will likely make those ...

At least 1 inch of snow needs to be on the ground on December 25 in order for it to count as a white Christmas. It doesn’t necessarily have to fall the same day.

Christmas 2019 had the second-lowest snow cover in the Lower 48 in the last 10 years, with 28.1% of the contiguous U.S. experiencing a white Christmas, according to an analysis from the NOHRSC.

The best and worst chances of a white Christmas in the Lower 48. Snow cover is near record lows as a surge of warmth is expected to limit snow chances in many, but not all places.

It’s not the first time the city has gone this long without an inch of snow on Christmas Day. The song “White Christmas” was written during one of those long, snowless Christmas spells.

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