Map, courtesy of the National Weather Service
A "White Christmas" is defined as one inch or greater of snow on the ground.
A total of 41 (32.5%) of the last 126 years (1897-2022) had a White Christmas in Lincoln.
Here is a chronological listing of these 41 years with one inch or more of snow on the ground in Lincoln on December 25, RANKED from most to least snow on the ground.
Max T/Min T = high/low for the day,
Precip = liquid water precipitation amount in inches,
Snowfall and Snow Depth are also in inches
Max T | Min T | Precip | Snowfall | Snow Depth | |
12/25/1983 | 4 | -16 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
12/25/1945 | 25 | 19 | 0.17 | 2.6 | 13 |
12/25/2000 | 14 | 2 | 0.04 | 1 | 11 |
12/25/2009 | 21 | 7 | 0.62 | 9.5 | 10 |
12/25/1973 | 30 | 17 | T | T | 8 |
12/25/1952 | 24 | 7 | T | T | 8 |
12/25/1948 | 18 | -12 | T | T | 8 |
12/25/1909 | 20 | 11 | 0 | 0.8 | 8 |
12/25/1968 | 27 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
12/25/1897 | 35 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
12/25/1961 | 36 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
12/25/1951 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
12/25/1941 | 33 | 27 | 0.34 | 3 | 5 |
12/25/1924 | 17 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
12/25/1914 | 10 | 4 | 0.01 | 0.1 | 5 |
12/25/1939 | 24 | 20 | 0 | T | 4 |
12/25/2017 | 17 | 5 | 0.01 | 0.4 | 3 |
12/25/2015 | 33 | 15 | 0.02 | T | 3 |
12/25/2008 | 42 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
12/25/1920 | 27 | 17 | 0 | T | 3 |
12/25/2022 | 40 | -6 | 0.01 | T | 2 |
12/25/2012 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
12/25/1997 | 33 | 18 | 0.02 | 0.2 | 2 |
12/25/1981 | 36 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
12/25/1980 | 23 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
12/25/1969 | 44 | 15 | T | T | 2 |
12/25/1962 | 20 | 1 | 0.07 | 1.3 | 2 |
12/25/1926 | 33 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
12/25/1919 | 39 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
12/25/1916 | 38 | 2 | 0.04 | 0 | 2 |
12/25/1915 | 32 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
12/25/2020 | 43 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
12/25/2007 | 43 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
12/25/2001 | 28 | 4 | T | T | 1 |
12/25/1974 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
12/25/1957 | 54 | 31 | 0.08 | 0.8 | 1 |
12/25/1949 | 39 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
12/25/1935 | 13 | 0 | 0.01 | 0.7 | 1 |
12/25/1918 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
12/25/1913 | 20 | 10 | 0 | T | 1 |
12/25/1911 | 21 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Rural Lancaster County, Nebraska, December 25, 2020. Photo ©K. Dewey