‘The Old Farmer’s Almanac’ Says Only a Few Spots Will See Snow This Christmas
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Christmas is the most wonderful time of the year for control freaks. Name another holiday when the act of making a list and checking it twice is lauded more. ’Tis the season to wield your power and choose who receives what and exactly how it is wrapped. It’s up to you and you alone to trim the trees from topper to tree skirt and plan the perfect meal. Heck, you can even choose what flavor cookies Santa gets to sample when he pops down the chimney. There are really only two things out of your control: preventing a family member from losing it after too much eggnog and the weather conditions.
But knowledge is power, and while we can’t help you stop Aunt Susan from bringing up politics, we can offer an educated guess about Christmas Day weather in your neck of the woods, courtesy of the Old Farmer’s Almanac. Because even you can’t make it snow or will away rain on December 25, the next best thing will be planning what you and your family should wear on the big day—whether that’s an ugly holiday sweater, shorts and a T-shirt, or galoshes. That may seem like a small thing, but it will feel pretty big when you’re forced to go outside for a breath of fresh after the political debates kick off.
‘The Old Farmer’s Almanac’ Snow Predictions for Christmas 2024
Here’s are the U.S. predictions for Christmas Day, 2024. Find the full details at The Old Farmer's Almanac. The publication notes that predicting the weather is not an exact science, but, in general, most of the U.S. is experiencing a warmer, wetter winter, and only a few spots can expect snow.
New England: Northern Maine has a chance of a White Christmas, but the rest of the region will be snow-free.
Ohio Valley: There is a chance of a white Christmas.
Heartland: Expect snow on Christmas Day.
High Plains: Areas south of I-70 will see a white Christmas, and the northern part of the region has a chance.
Intermountain: The Rockies will have a white Christmas. The northern part of Arizona will not.
If you live in any of these regions, do not expect snow on Christmas: Atlantic Corridor, Appalachians, Southeast, Florida, Lower Great Lakes, Texas–Oklahoma, Deep South, Upper Midwest, Desert Southwest, Pacific Northwest, Pacific Southwest, Alaska, and Hawaii.
What Is ‘The Old Farmer’s Almanac’?
The 2025 Old Farmer's Almanac
While you’ve probably heard of The Old Farmer’s Almanac, you may not know that it’s a publication that was founded by Robert B. Thomas in 1792 in Grafton, Massachusetts. Today, it’s published by Yankee Publishing and based in New Hampshire. Not only is it the oldest continuously published periodical in North America (no big deal), it’s become a go-to spot for planting charts, astronomical information, and weather predictions, in addition to a bunch of lifestyle topics.
But wait, you’re asking, how can an almanac release annual predictions with any success when my local weatherman gets things very wrong one day out? The team at The Old Farmer’s Almanac says they can pull off correct projections thanks to age-old meteorological methods centered around solar science and sunspots along with newer fields like climatology and weather pattern and atmosphere analyses. According to them, they have an 80 percent accuracy average. Not bad, right?
If you have your doubts, check out the 2023-2024 Almanac winter weather preview and the 2024-2025 Winter Forecast and see if they’ve made the right call on the weather where you live.
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