{"id":390976,"date":"2026-11-02T15:44:11","date_gmt":"2026-11-02T15:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/390976\/"},"modified":"2026-11-02T15:44:11","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T15:44:11","slug":"2026-white-christmas-weather-predictions-for-nyc-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/390976\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 white Christmas weather predictions for NYC area"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/6r1aoquoy3j92pz6.jpg\" alt=\"Long Island gets pummeled by heavy snow | WATCH\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-892ef6a8=\"\"\/>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/6r1aoquoy3j92pz6.jpg\" alt=\"Long Island gets pummeled by heavy snow | WATCH\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"vod-poster-image vod-poster-image--embedded\" data-v-fab1b86c=\"\"\/>     <\/p>\n<p data-v-a97c31c4=\"\">NEW YORK CITY &#8211; If you were dreaming of waking up to a white Christmas in the New York City area this year? The Farmer&#8217;s Almanac says to keep dreaming!<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/67a22dc4-nyc-snow.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" width=\"932\" height=\"524\" data-v-1fc0918c=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WNYW\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-a97c31c4=\"\">Local perspective:<\/p>\n<p data-v-a97c31c4=\"\">The Old Farmer\u2019s Almanac has released its highly anticipated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.almanac.com\/white-christmas-weather-forecast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">2026 White Christmas Forecast,<\/a> and the outlook for New York City is decidedly green.<\/p>\n<p data-v-a97c31c4=\"\">The entire Atlantic Corridor, a region stretching along the East Coast that includes the New York City metro area, is firmly predicted to experience &#8220;Not a White Christmas&#8221; this year.<\/p>\n<p data-v-a97c31c4=\"\">To officially qualify as a White Christmas, the National Weather Service requires at least one inch of snow on the ground on Christmas morning.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/screenshot-2026-11-02-092045.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" width=\"932\" height=\"524\" data-v-1fc0918c=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WNYW\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-a97c31c4=\"\">Big picture view:<\/p>\n<p data-v-a97c31c4=\"\">While the broader Northeast region further up the map is expected to see a festive dusting, NYC residents will likely be navigating dry sidewalks across all five boroughs as families around the region make their way to Christmas gatherings on clear roads.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WNYW\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-a97c31c4=\"\">What&#8217;s next:<\/p>\n<p data-v-a97c31c4=\"\">Beyond Christmas, the Almanac has predicted a pretty mild winter for New York City and its surrounding suburbs.<\/p>\n<p data-v-a97c31c4=\"\">The whole region is expected to see above-average temperatures and slightly below-normal snowfall for the entire season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: Information from this article was sourced from the Old Farmer&#8217;s Almanac.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox5ny.com\/tag\/us\/ny\/nyc\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-a97c31c4=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New York City<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox5ny.com\/tag\/weather\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-a97c31c4=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Weather<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox5ny.com\/tag\/holidays\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-a97c31c4=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Holidays<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW YORK CITY &#8211; If you were dreaming of waking up to a white Christmas in the New&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":390977,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[969,75,84,83,9,24,56,63,618,133],"class_list":["post-390976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-holidays","tag-manhattan","tag-manhattan-headlines","tag-manhattan-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-us","tag-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390976","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=390976"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390976\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/390977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=390976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=390976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=390976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}