Christmas weather forecast for US and UK cities

The roast board

• New York

  Now 50°F (10°C), clear sky

  No weather drama in New York today. The city will have to find some elsewhere.

• Chicago

  Now 57°F (14°C), overcast clouds

  Grey over the river. Chicago wears it well, to be fair.

• Boston

  Now 39°F (4°C), clear sky

  A sharp, cold Boston day, with the harbor wind finding every gap.

• Denver

  Now 48°F (9°C), overcast clouds

  Afternoon thunderheads over the foothills, right on cue.

• Minneapolis

  Now 55°F (13°C), mist

  Minneapolis weather has two moods: frozen, and making up for it.

• Buffalo

  Now 43°F (6°C), few clouds

  Grey over Lake Erie, which is Buffalo’s winter wallpaper.

• Seattle

  Now 43°F (6°C), clear sky

  A dry, sunny Seattle day. The mountain is out and showing off.

• Los Angeles

  Now 61°F (16°C), moderate rain

  Weather so reliable here that the forecast mostly works as reassurance.

• Miami

  Now 81°F (27°C), mist

  Warm, bright and a little damp around the edges. Classic Miami.

• London

  Now 9°C, mist

  A crisp London morning. The pigeons look personally offended.

• Manchester

  Now 7°C, overcast clouds

  Cold and damp, the Manchester house blend.

• Edinburgh

  Now 11°C, broken clouds

  Grey over Arthur’s Seat. Very dramatic, very Edinburgh.

• Glasgow

  Now 6°C, few clouds

  Glasgow weather: changeable, but mostly in the direction of rain.

• Cardiff

  Now 6°C, fog

  Mild and damp, which is Cardiff’s comfort zone.

• Aberdeen

  Now 8°C, broken clouds

  Grey granite, grey sky. Aberdeen colour-coordinates.

Live data from OpenWeatherMap, refreshed about every half hour. The lines are the clean setting; severe weather is shown without a joke.

What counts as a white Christmas?

It depends who you ask. In the UK, the Met Office counts a white Christmas when a single snowflake is observed falling somewhere in the UK during the 24 hours of 25 December. In the US, NOAA counts one when there is at least an inch of snow on the ground on Christmas morning.

When does the Christmas Day forecast show up?

Our forecast runs about five days ahead, so the Christmas Day column fills in from around 20 December. Until then each city shows its current conditions.