Updated Dec 20, 2023 - News
Denver's chances for a white Christmas this year look promising
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Denver may defy the odds for a white Christmas.
What's new: The latest National Weather Service forecast is calling snow on Dec. 24 with a few inches of accumulation in the Denver metro.
- Christmas Day has a slight chance of snow possible with a high near 36°.
State of play: The historical odds Denver gets a white Christmas are not great.
- The probability Denver sees at least 1 inch of snow on the ground Dec. 25 is 37% since 1900, according to the National Weather Service.
- The average high temperature for the day is 43.3°.
Yes, but: Past performance is no guarantee of future results — especially as climate change shrinks the length of snow seasons in parts of the country, Axios' Alex Fitzpatrick and Erin Davis write.
- If you look at the trends since 2003, Denver's chance for a white Christmas drops to just 20%.
Flashback: Last year, the high was 49° but the city had 2 inches on the ground from an earlier storm, so it counted.
Editor's note: This story has been updated to include the latest Christmas Eve forecast.