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Christmas Day Climatology

St. Louis, MO

Daily Record

High Temperature

Low Temperature

Average Temp

Precipitation

Snowfall

Morning Snow Depth

Max 71 (1889) 56 (1889) 64 (1889) 0.94 (1913) 9.2 (1913) 8 (1915)
Min 7 (1983) -13 (1983) -3 (1983) 0 0 0
Average 40 25 32 0.05 0.1 -
Total Occurrences - - - 36 (≥ 0.01) 16 (≥ 0.1) 23 (≥ 1.0)
Total Occurrences - - - 70 (≥ T) 40 (≥ T) 40 (≥ T)

Fun Facts

  1. To be considered a white Christmas, there needs to be at least 1 inch of snow on the ground by 6:00 am Christmas Day.
  2. There is a 20% chance the St. Louis area will have a white Christmas!
  3. Last White Christmas: 2022 (1 inch snow depth)
  4. There have been 4 days with low temperatures zero and below.
  5. The chance for measurable precipitation on Christmas Day is 25% and the chance of measurable snowfall is 13%.

Period of Record

  • Temperature and Precipitation: 1874 - present
  • Snowfall: 1892 - present
  • Snow Depth: 1893 - present
Columbia, MO

Daily Record

High Temperature

Low Temperature

Average Temp

Precipitation

Snowfall

Morning Snow Depth

Max 74 (1889) 53 (1936) 59 (1936) 0.56 (1957) 3.4 (1987) 10 (1915)
Min 6 (1983) -19 (1983) -7 (1983) 0 0 0
Average 40 22 31 0.03 0.1 -
Total Occurrences - - - 29 (≥ 0.01) 15 (≥ 0.1) 28 (≥ 1.0)
Total Occurrences - - - 49 (≥ T) 36 (≥ T) 49 (≥ T)

Fun Facts

  1. To be considered a white Christmas there needs to be at least 1 inch of snow on the ground by 6:00 am Christmas Day.
  2. There is a 21% chance the Columbia area will have a White Christmas!
  3. Last White Christmas: 2022 (1 inch snow depth)
  4. There have been 5 days with low temperatures zero and below.
  5. The chance of measurable precipitation in Columbia on Christmas Day is 22% and the chance of measurable snowfall is 11%.

Period of Record

  • Temperature and Precipitation: 1890 - present
  • Snowfall: 1890 - present
  • Snow Depth: 1893 - present
Quincy, IL

Daily Record

High Temperature

Low Temperature

Average Temp

Precipitation

Max 66 (2019) 51 (1936) 56 (2019, 1936) 1.02 (1915)
Min -2 (1983) -16 (1983) -9 (1983) 0
Average 36 21 28 0.04
Total Occurrences - - - 26 (≥ 0.01)

Fun Facts

  1. There have been 7 days with low temperatures zero and below.
  2. The chance of measurable precipitation on Christmas Day is 21%.

Period of Record

  • Temperature and Precipitation: 1901 - present
  • No Snowfall or Snow Depth due to incomplete datasets.