# Is it gonna be a white x-mas where you live? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 23, 2002, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-gonna-be-a-white-x-mas-where-you-live/144571 "2002-12-23T19:09:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![TigoleBitties](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cab0a1/32.png) [@TigoleBitties](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TigoleBitties)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2002, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-gonna-be-a-white-x-mas-where-you-live/144571/21 "2002-12-23T21:20:25Z")
Irvine, California The only way I would have a white christmas is if 20 bales of cocaine fell out of a drug running aircraft and bombed my house. ---
**Author:** ![Neidhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Neidhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neidhart)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2002, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-gonna-be-a-white-x-mas-where-you-live/144571/22 "2002-12-23T21:37:20Z")
Some forecasters say we might get a little snow mixed with rain, others are calling for just rain. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![JessEnigma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cdc98d/32.png) [@JessEnigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JessEnigma)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2002, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-gonna-be-a-white-x-mas-where-you-live/144571/23 "2002-12-23T21:44:46Z")
It appears that we’re supposed to have snow. Or rain. Or snow and rain. The forecasters aren’t sure yet…if they ever are. Hard to predict snow here. I’m thinking it’ll just be a wet Christmas. No snow. ---
**Author:** ![I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2002, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-gonna-be-a-white-x-mas-where-you-live/144571/24 "2002-12-23T21:50:39Z")
Oddly enough, Oklahoma City just might have one this year if the snow coming today and tomorrow doesn’t melt. Usually snow happens 2-3 times a year, and rarely on or near Christmas. ---
**Author:** ![raz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@raz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raz)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2002, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-gonna-be-a-white-x-mas-where-you-live/144571/25 "2002-12-23T22:54:31Z")
**Fnoonf** , wow, you live in Iceland? That’s a place I have always wanted to visit. Anyway, here in Southeast Kansas we’re getting snow at this very moment. It’s been snowing since around 11 this morning and we’re supposed to get 3-6 inches today total. We already have about 4 inches of powder, and its supposed to snow all day tomorrow too. The roads here get hellishly icy, too. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2002, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-gonna-be-a-white-x-mas-where-you-live/144571/26 "2002-12-23T23:10:49Z")
Forecast: 8 degrees celcius, and rainy. Welcome to Holland. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2002, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-gonna-be-a-white-x-mas-where-you-live/144571/27 "2002-12-24T00:15:32Z")
Northern Ireland looks cold and slightly wet today and will likely stay that way for Christmas and probably many months to come. ---
**Author:** ![Mephisto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/48db29/32.png) [@Mephisto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mephisto)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2002, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-gonna-be-a-white-x-mas-where-you-live/144571/28 "2002-12-24T01:42:52Z")
Here in NE Arkansas I predict a wet, slippery, and perhaps slushy Christmas. I think there’s a mix of snow, sleet, and rain falling on my house right now. We have a winter storm advisory at the moment, but I’m not sure what that means . . . a couple years ago we had an inch of snow fall and they shut the whole city down. Sure is different than when I lived up north. ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2002, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-gonna-be-a-white-x-mas-where-you-live/144571/29 "2002-12-24T02:32:21Z")
Here I know that Chriastmas will be green and bright. The sun to shine by day and all the stars at night. ---
**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2002, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-gonna-be-a-white-x-mas-where-you-live/144571/30 "2002-12-24T02:35:22Z")
We’ll be having a grey Christmas here in my boondocks hometown south of Albany, New York. There’s a little old, dirty snow on the ground, even after the thaw of the past couple days, and we might get a little more - there are snowshowers predicted - but I don’t think we’ll really have anything worth waking Bing Crosby over. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2002, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-gonna-be-a-white-x-mas-where-you-live/144571/31 "2002-12-24T02:36:28Z")
Yeah, here in Central Pennsylvania, they’re calling for heavy snow due to a system that’s moving up from the South. I can hardly wait. :rolleyes: Robin ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2002, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-gonna-be-a-white-x-mas-where-you-live/144571/32 "2002-12-24T02:56:19Z")
Nope -which is odd for Calgary. ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2002, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-gonna-be-a-white-x-mas-where-you-live/144571/33 "2002-12-24T03:53:48Z")
I live near Boise, Idaho. The chance for having a white Christmas here in any given year is 28% with a 15% chance of it actually snowing on Christmas Day (no cite, I just got these numbers from the local news). We have a 40% chance of snow showers on Christmas this year, so we just might see some snow this year. The last white Christmas we had was back in 1998, and before that it was 1990. Usually it will snow right _after_ Christmas around here. ---
**Author:** ![beckwall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b487fb/32.png) [@beckwall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beckwall)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2002, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-gonna-be-a-white-x-mas-where-you-live/144571/34 "2002-12-24T05:23:21Z")
There is plenty of snow in the mountains west of Palm Springs. But down here in the desert, we are expecting 64 degrees and mostly sunny. Now why did I buy that Subaru Outback AWD wagon again? Oh yeah, sand dunes, that’s it. ---
**Author:** ![I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2002, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-gonna-be-a-white-x-mas-where-you-live/144571/35 "2002-12-24T05:28:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by MsRobyn \* > \*\*Yeah, here in Central Pennsylvania, they’re calling for heavy snow due to a system that’s moving up from the South. I can hardly wait. :rolleyes: > \*\* Most probably the same system that was here today. ---
**Author:** ![Toddly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/22d042/32.png) [@Toddly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toddly)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2002, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-gonna-be-a-white-x-mas-where-you-live/144571/36 "2002-12-24T05:32:32Z")
Not here in Santa Cruz. Might get to 60-65 degrees. ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2002, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-gonna-be-a-white-x-mas-where-you-live/144571/37 "2002-12-24T05:39:19Z")
Nope, definitely not here. We haven’t had any snow, except for maybe up on the mountains. F\_X ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2002, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-gonna-be-a-white-x-mas-where-you-live/144571/38 "2002-12-24T06:33:52Z")
I can see snow all over the mountains, but down here in the valley (L.A. county), it will merely be wet. San Diego (for vacation) should be clear and cool. ---
**Author:** ![Pammipoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/87869e/32.png) [@Pammipoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pammipoo)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2002, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-gonna-be-a-white-x-mas-where-you-live/144571/39 "2002-12-24T06:59:34Z")
Boston’s supposed to get about 5-8 inches, starting on Christmas Day. Uggh.I hate snow. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2002, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-gonna-be-a-white-x-mas-where-you-live/144571/40 "2002-12-24T07:25:02Z")
In Melbourne, Australia, the forecast is for 22 degrees (celsius) which is about 70 farenheit (or thereabouts) which is a COLD day for us for Christmas…our usual is about 30, but the lower temp makes the roast turkey/ham/pudding routine a little more bearable… But no snow… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-gonna-be-a-white-x-mas-where-you-live/144571.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-gonna-be-a-white-x-mas-where-you-live/144571.md?page=3)