{"id":72819,"date":"2025-12-16T23:48:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T23:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/72819\/"},"modified":"2025-12-16T23:48:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T23:48:08","slug":"will-new-yorkers-see-a-white-christmas-in-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/72819\/","title":{"rendered":"Will New Yorkers see a white Christmas in 2025?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/3thpcuq40a1gbfyr.jpg\" alt=\"Will NYC have a white Christmas this year?\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-4292be72=\"\"\/>  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox5ny.com\/video\/fmc-ukx5x850hevv6c59\" data-v-4292be72=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Will NYC have a white Christmas this year?<\/a> <\/p>\n<p data-v-4292be72=\"\">FOX 5 NY&#8217;s meteorologist Nick Gregory provides the weather forecast for New York City, and does his best to answer the question on New Yorkers&#8217; minds: will it snow on Christmas?<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">NEW YORK &#8211; Should New Yorkers prepare for a white Christmas this year?<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">JUMP TO: <a href=\"#What%20is%20the%20definition%20of%20a%20white%20Christmas?\">DEFINITION<\/a> l <a href=\"#When%20was%20the%20last%20white%20Christmas%20in%20NYC?\">LAST ONE<\/a> l <a href=\"#Could%20New%20York%20City%20see%20a%20white%20Christmas?\">NYC CHANCES<\/a><\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WNYW\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">In the United States, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weather.gov\/iwx\/whitechristmas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">National Weather Service<\/a> defines a &#8220;white Christmas&#8221; as an inch or more of snow observed on the ground on Christmas morning.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">So a dusting of snow remaining from earlier snowfall doesn&#8217;t count. Yet an inch or more still on the ground on Dec. 25 from a prior storm\u00a0meets the white Christmas standard.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Other countries and traditions may have different definitions. For example, some cultures consider snowfall on Christmas Eve to qualify as a white Christmas.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">The last white Christmas in New York City was only last year, but before that it was 2009.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">In 2002, 5 inches of snow was recorded in Central Park. Other prior White Christmases were in 1995, when cold temperatures kept snow on the ground from an earlier storm \u2013 also in 1983 and 1966.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">The record Christmas Day snowfall for Central Park was 7 inches in 1909. The record snow depth on Christmas Day in Central Park was 8 inches in 1912.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">FOX 5 NY&#8217;s meteorologist Nick Gregory reports that New Yorkers have an 11% chance of seeing a white Christmas.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">However, a system dropping from the Northwest could bring a mix of rain and snow this Tuesday evening.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: This article includes reporting from FOX 5 NY&#8217;s meteorologist Nick Gregory.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox5ny.com\/tag\/holidays\/christmas-nyc\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Christmas in NYC<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox5ny.com\/tag\/weather\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Weather<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Will NYC have a white Christmas this year? 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