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Christmas

PERIOD OF RECORD: 154 YEARS (1871 - 2024)

Christmas is celebrated on December 25th. The highest temperature recorded on Christmas is 64F degrees in 1982. The lowest the mercury has fallen to on Christmas is -10F in 1980. The high temperature averages 35F degrees and the low 23F degrees on Christmas.

The greatest precipitation recorded on Christmas Day was 1.14 inches in 2003. The 8.4 inches of snow measured in a Christmas storm in 2002 was the greatest snow for this date.

Historically, there is a 58 percent chance of a white Christmas (an inch or more of snow on the ground) since snow depth records started in 1893.

The 2 degree spread (31°/29°) in the maximum and minimum temperature Christmas Day of 2024 ties with 2018 (32°/30°) for the smallest calendar day spread in temperature on Christmas Day.

Temperature (F) Data

Highest	64	1982
Lowest	-10	1980
Highest Minimum	55	1982
Lowest Maximum	7	1983
Average High	35
Average Low	23

HIGH TEMPERATURE (F) BY 10 DEGREE RANGES

(since 1944; 81 years)

	Single Digits	10s	20s	30s	40s	50s	60s
Number of occurrences	1	6	17	33	16	7	1
Percentage	1%	7	21%	41%	20%	9%	1%

Single

Digits

10s

20s

30s

40s

50s

60s

Number of occurrences

Percentage

21%

41%

20%

Precipitation Data

(since 1944; 81 years)

Number of times 0.01" or greater:	57
Number of times 0.10" or greater:	32
Number of times 0.50" or greater:	13

Precipitation Records

Greatest Precipitation	1.14"	2003
Greatest Snow	8.4	2002

Almanac Data for Recent Christmas Days

Year	High	Low	Precip	Snow	Snow Depth
1980	16	-10	0.10	1.5	4
1981	33	25	0.00	0.0	T
1982	64	55	0.57	0.0	0
1983	7	0	0.05	0.8	13
1984	29	13	T	T	T

1985	16	9	0.01	0.3	9
1986	39	33	0.11	0.0	0
1987	51	37	0.16	0.0	0
1988	37	25	0.02	0.1	0
1989	21	15	0.02	0.4	6

1990	27	12	0.08	1.5	1
1991	33	16	0.01	0.1	1
1992	36	18	0.01	0.1	1
1993	23	13	0.09	2.1	14
1994	45	26	0.00	0.0	0

1995	28	22	0.34	6.2	11
1996	24	16	0.33	3.8	T
1997	44	34	0.15	0.0	0
1998	27	16	0.30	7.1	2
1999	27	12	0.04	1.2	2

2000	16	2	0.01	0.4	7
2001	27	22	0.64	4.9	19
2002	30	25	0.66	8.4	4
2003	34	27	1.14	8.2	T
2004	16	3	T	T	7

2005	41	36	0.14	0.0	1
2006	50	32	0.39	0.0	0
2007	33	26	0.00	0.0	1
2008	36	26	T	T	1
2009	44	25	0.67	0.0	T

2010	26	22	0.03	0.3	4
2011	45	33	0.03	T	0
2012	33	28	0.02	0.3	1
2013	26	2	0.00	0.0	2
2014	43	38	T	0.0	0

2015	48	36	0.03	0	0
2016	37	26	T	T	2
2017	33	13	0.10	2.2	7
2018	32	30	0.02	0.6	1
2019	50	28	0.00	0.0	0

2020	32	23	0.35	4.1	6
2021	50	38	0.64	0	0
2022	22	14	0.17	2.8	27
2023	57	40	0.00	0.0	0
2024	31	29	T	T	2