That would mark a high 15 degrees above normal, and would finish just outside of the top-10 warmest Christmas Day readings recorded in the city. It is possible that the city will see rain in the morning hours, with a forecasted high temperature of 47 degrees. What Does This Year Hold?Īccording to current forecast models, the city of Chicago isn't likely to see a measureable snowfall on Christmas Day, extending a streak that has been ongoing since March 15, 2021. That record equaled one set back in 1909, according to National Weather Service archives. Naturally, it’s always possible to get rain on Christmas, and way back in 1950 the city saw its rainiest holiday ever recorded, with half-an-inch of rain falling on the big day. More information on conditions for each Christmas Day since 1950 can be found here on the NOAA Online Weather portal. The last time the city hit that milestone was in 2017, when NWS recorded two inches of snow cover on the ground at O’Hare. In the eyes of the National Weather Service, a “White Christmas” is defined as a holiday where there is at least one inch of snow on the ground by the end of the day.
In 2002, the city saw two inches of snow fall, the most it had seen in a single Christmas since 1965.įor the snowfall record, one would have to go all the way back to 1950, when Chicago received 5.1 inches of snow on the holiday.įor a ranking of the snowiest and wettest Christmases on record, residents can consult the "Chicago Christmas" page. Significant snowfalls on Christmas Day have been a bit more rare, with the last snowfall of more than one inch occurring in 2013. The last time we received measurable snow in Chicago on Christmas came in 2017, when 0.1 inches of snow fell at O’Hare. Snow on Christmas isn’t an exceptionally rare or common occurrence in Chicago, with the National Weather Service reporting measurable snowfall (defined as 0.1 inches or more) 39% of the time since record-keeping began.
Now we’re getting to the interesting stuff. More information on high and low temperatures on Christmas, residents can consult the NWS Christmas Data page. Hopefully Santa Claus bundled up for that journey through the Midwest. In case you’re curious, the coldest temperature recorded on Christmas Day in Chicago also came in 1983, with a low of negative-17 degrees. The year 1985 came close, with a high temperature of 2 degrees, and there have only been a handful of other instances in which the high was in the single-digits for Christmas. On that frigid winter day in 1983, the high temperature at O’Hare was negative-5 degrees, the only time that the Christmas Day high has been below-zero since record keeping began in the 19 th century. What goes up must inevitably come down, and that apparently is the case with high temperatures on Christmas Day, as just one year later the city recorded its coldest-ever high temperature for the holiday. The snow has also caused avalanches on California State Highway 89 and in South Lake Tahoe, heavy snow collapsed the roof of a liquor store on January 23.Chicago-area Lyft rider shares experience from ‘nightmare' trip Coldest Christmas on Record: Local News Chicago snow storm: snowfall totals so far on Wednesday By CBS Chicago Team Janu/ 2:10 PM / CBS Chicago CHICAGO (CBS) - A snow storm is moving through the. Now that the major storms have passed, huge machines are moving snow on Highway 50 to open up more lanes, and throughout Lake Tahoe, neighborhood streets are only wide enough for one car to pass. While the snow has been a boon in a state that has suffered a long-lasting drought, resorts have struggled to dig out and keep lifts running during severe storms. Workers shovel snow off of a building in Squaw Valley on January 12, 2017. And near Truckee, Northstar has received 283 inches of snow this month alone.
Rose receives about 350 inches each year.Īt Heavenly Mountain Resort and Kirkwood Mountain Resort, both ski areas recorded their snowiest January ever. Rose Ski Tahoe-with a base elevation of 8,260 feet-has received 461 inches of snow.
#tahoesnowmap #findyour_snow #tahoe pic: photo posted by Tahoe Snow Map on at 12:25pm PSTįor individual ski resorts, this ski season’s snow totals have been impressive. It's so DEEP!!! Working to reopen the Slide Side access road at A huge thank you to everyone who has worked so hard to get the mountains back open.
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