Christmas Day Climate Statistics

*Climate Data has been recorded at Barkley Regional Airport in West Paducah since 1949 and prior to that was observed in downtown Paducah back to December of 1937.

Here is a look at high and low temperature frequencies and extremes as well as precipitation statistics for Christmas in Paducah.

 As you can see a good majority of Christmas Days have high temperatures in the 30s and 40s, accounting for 63% of all years on record.

*Denotes a tie in previous year(s)

Paducah has seen highs warm above 60 degrees six times, including two years where it reached 70 degrees, in 2019 and 2016. There have also been 2 years where the high temperature failed to reach 20 degrees. This occurred back in 1985 and 1983.

Most Christmas mornings we wake up to temperatures in the 20s and 30s, accounting for 62% of all years on record. But lows have bottomed out below 0 twice, most recently in 2004 when we tanked at 8 degrees below zero. There have also been 8 years where the low remained above 40 degrees, most recently in 2015.

*Denotes a tie in previous year(s)

Measurable precipitation has fallen 29% of the time, with over an inch of precipitation falling on 3 different occasions, most recently in 1987 when a whooping 3.78 inches fell. Measurable snowfall has only occurred on 3 occasions (4% of all years on record), with the most recent back in 1992. There have been 8 years (12% of all years on record) classified as a white Christmas with a snow depth of 1 inch or greater. This last happened in 2010 when there was 3 inches of snow on the ground Christmas morning. The largest snow depth observed on Christmas morning was back in 2004 when there was an astounding 9 inches!

*Denotes a tie in previous year(s)

Here is a look at the observed weather for the past 15 years:

*Climate Data has been recorded at Evansville Regional Airport since January of 1897. Snowfall records began in January of 1948.

Here is a look at high and low temperature frequencies and extremes as well as precipitation statistics for Christmas in Evansville.

As seen by this graphic high temperatures are predominately in the 30s and 40s on Christmas, encompassing 70% of all years on record.

*Denotes a tie in previous year(s)

Evansville has seen highs as warm as the 60s five times on Christmas, most recently in 2019. There have also been 3 years where the high temperature failed to reach 20 degrees, most recently in 1985.

Low temperatures typically fall in the 20s or 30s, which accounts for 68% of the years on record. There have been 2 years with lows below 0, most recently in 2004 when it tanked to 11 below zero. On the warm end of the spectrum, there have been 11 years with lows above 40 degrees. This last occurred in 2016.

Measurable precipitation has fallen 37% of the time, with over an inch of precipitation falling on 3 different occasions, most recently in 2006. Measurable snowfall has only occurred on 7 occasions (10% of all years on record), with the greatest being 2.3 inches in 1993. There have been 9 years (13% of all years on record) classified as a white Christmas with a snow depth of 1 inch or greater. This last happened in 2010 when there was 1 inch of snow on the ground Christmas morning. The largest snow depth observed on Christmas morning was back in 2004 when there was an astounding 11 inches!

*Denotes a tie in previous year(s)

Here is a look at the observed weather for the past 15 years:

*Climate Data has been recorded at Cape Girardeau Regional Airport, located 5 miles southwest of Cape Girardeau, since June of 1960.

Here is a look at high and low temperature frequencies and extremes as well as precipitation statistics for Christmas in Cape Girardeau.

 As you can see a good majority of Christmas Days have high temperatures in the 30s and 40s, accounting for 74% of all years on record.

Cape Girardeau has seen highs as warm as the 60s four times on Christmas, most recently in 2019, when it soared up to 67 degrees. Back in 1983 was the only year that the high didn't hit 20 degrees, topping out at 15.

Christmas morning lows end up in the 20s a good portion of the time, accounting for 42% of all years on record. Teens and 30s are fairly common as well. Lows have bottomed out below 0 twice, most recently in 2004 when we tanked to 10 degrees below zero. There have also been 4 years where the low remained above 40 degrees, most recently in 2016.

*Denotes a tie in previous year(s)

Measurable precipitation has fallen 23% of the time, with over an inch of precipitation falling on 3 different occasions, most recently in 1987 when a whooping 3.48 inches fell.

Here is a look at the observed weather for the past 15 years: