White Christmas · Boston
Will it be a white Christmas in Boston?
In Boston, snow falls on Christmas Day in about 15% of years. NOAA publishes no snow-on-the-ground figure for this station. That’s from NOAA’s records for 1991 to 2020.
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Christmas Day, typically
- 1 in on the ground
- No NOAA figure
- Snow falls
- 15%
- Usual high
- 40°F
- Usual low
- 27°F
A typical Christmas Day in Boston runs from about 27°F to 40°F.
Christmas 2026 is a Friday, and these NOAA figures are for December 25 itself.
The real Christmas Day forecast for Boston comes into range from Dec 20.
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Cities with about the same odds
- Hartford: snow falls in 16% of years
- Harrisburg: an inch on the ground in 17% of years
- Providence: an inch on the ground in 17% of years
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Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991 to 2020, for each city’s official station on Dec 25. NOAA counts a white Christmas as an inch or more of snow on the ground, and snow falling means at least a tenth of an inch that day. Station USW00014739.