White Christmas Climatology | Lincoln Weather and Climate

Probability of a White Christmas for the U.S. & Lincoln Statistics

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 127 years (1897-2023) 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