# Who had a White Christmas? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 26, 2021, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-had-a-white-christmas/956690 "2021-12-26T23:07:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2021, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-had-a-white-christmas/956690/21 "2021-12-27T03:59:25Z")
Every day we go without snow in Chicago since December 20th breaks the all time record for latest measurable snowfall… ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2021, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-had-a-white-christmas/956690/22 "2021-12-27T04:50:50Z")
Our Boxing Day is getting whiter. Been snowing since about 4 pm. Mrs P just went out to shovel. I prefer to do it in daylight, but she doesn’t like putting things off. ---
**Author:** ![Twoflower](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/twoflower/32/22_2.png) [@Twoflower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Twoflower)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2021, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-had-a-white-christmas/956690/23 "2021-12-27T04:52:19Z")
Snowy here in the Rogue Valley of south Oregon. Also the first time I recall snow all day. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2021, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-had-a-white-christmas/956690/24 "2021-12-27T04:55:22Z")
Mid-Willamette Valley, Oregon. Lots of rain in the lead-up with snow beginning about 11 pm on Christmas. Fairly constant snow since then, maybe 7 inches so far. We had no snow to speak of last year, so we’re happy for the garden and spring germination. ETA: We usually get a couple of days of all-day snow. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2021, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-had-a-white-christmas/956690/25 "2021-12-27T13:01:49Z")
Been an odd year. Christmas was the first time I plowed the drive this year. I sometimes start plowing in October. Anyway, yeah, we got about 15 inches. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2021, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-had-a-white-christmas/956690/26 "2021-12-27T13:13:27Z")
We got our snow just before Midnight on December 26th. A messy commute to work this AM due to slipperiness. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2021, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-had-a-white-christmas/956690/27 "2021-12-27T13:15:08Z")
We got about 4" of snow Dec 9/10, but then we had a 67 F day shortly after. No snow on the ground for Christmas, but I got about an inch last night. Brian ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2021, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-had-a-white-christmas/956690/28 "2021-12-27T13:25:49Z")
72° and sunny, here in Atlanta. We did once have a _technically_ white Christmas a few years ago, when a gray, lowering sky produced a minute or so of light flurries that melted as soon as they hit the ground; but that’s about the only “white” Christmas I can recall in over 30 years. That said, 72° is _not_ normal for North Georgia in late December. ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2021, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-had-a-white-christmas/956690/29 "2021-12-27T15:43:27Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > In the 70s here in South Carolina. > > No, that is _not_ normal. Similar here in central NC. We had the windows open on Christmas Day. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2021, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-had-a-white-christmas/956690/30 "2021-12-27T16:00:48Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > 72° and sunny, here in Atlanta. We did once have a _technically_ white Christmas a few years ago, when a gray, lowering sky produced a minute or so of light flurries that melted as soon as they hit the ground; but that’s about the only “white” Christmas I can recall in over 30 years. In 2010 in north-western SC we had snow on Christmas that stuck around through New Years and it snowed again at the beginning of January. Is that the year you mean? Because that is the only one that I can recall in over 40 years. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2021, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-had-a-white-christmas/956690/31 "2021-12-27T18:53:39Z")
Mmmm, I feel it was more recently than that - 2014 or 15, maybe. In any case, the snow certainly didn’t stick around; it barely made it to the ground without melting. ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2021, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-had-a-white-christmas/956690/32 "2021-12-27T20:30:53Z")
> [@Folly](#): > > Every day we go without snow in Chicago since December 20th breaks the all time record for latest measurable snowfall… Now we’re supposed to get a ‘wintry mix’ tomorrow. We’ll see if that counts. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2021, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-had-a-white-christmas/956690/33 "2021-12-27T21:48:04Z")
We continue to have a white Saturnalia. I shoveled. I did not have a heart attack. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2021, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-had-a-white-christmas/956690/34 "2021-12-27T21:53:03Z")
Didn’t get snow that stayed on the ground until about a week before Christmas (central Newfoundland), but it’s continued to be a nice blanket since. Not quite as deep as it was last year at this time (I can actually see out my (basement) window), but still, it’s real snow cover. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2021, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-had-a-white-christmas/956690/35 "2021-12-27T21:58:59Z")
Same here. More snow yesterday and again today. ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2021, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-had-a-white-christmas/956690/36 "2021-12-28T00:53:14Z")
We had a small amount of snow on the ground on Christmas, but today we had a storm and probably got 8 inches with lots of wind. Another system coming tomorrow! ---
**Author:** ![FlikTheBlue](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fliktheblue/32/10972_2.png) [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2021, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-had-a-white-christmas/956690/37 "2021-12-28T01:07:45Z")
We had one in my flashback to 17 years ago. > **[2004 Christmas Eve United States winter storm](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Christmas_Eve_United_States_winter_storm)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > The 2004 Christmas Eve United States winter storm was a rare weather event that took place in Louisiana and Texas in the United States on December 24, 2004, before the storm moved northeast to affect the coastal sections of the Mid-Atlantic states and New England in the succeeding few days. This was a different storm from the historic event that struck the Midwest and southern Canada around December 23 from another cyclone which preceded this st... But none this year. It was sunny and in the 80s here in south Texas 😅. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2021, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-had-a-white-christmas/956690/38 "2021-12-28T01:12:04Z")
I got a little Christmas Day and evening. It was nice. But the real shit came overnite Sunday. > [@WildaBeast](#): > > And indeed, I heard that I-80 over Donner Pass was closed due to heavy snow. Indeed. Been closed all day today. Too windy and snowey to even open the damn ski resorts! I got a little here at my place, but doubt I’ll get to the mountain for a while… They are reporting in feet, not inches. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-had-a-white-christmas/956690.md?page=1)