Time Magazine: Climate Change will Bring More AND Less Christmas Snow?
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Essay by Eric Worrall
Time Magazine placing an each way bet?
DEC 13, 2025 5:06 AM AET
What Climate Change Means for White Christmases
by Simmone Shah
REPORTER
If you’ve been dreaming of a white Christmas, be warned that it might not become a reality.
Many people have memories of watching the snow fall on Christmas Day—but data shows that, across the country, a white Christmas occurs less frequently than you might think.
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While a few degrees might not seem like much, it could mean the difference between snow and rain. “With warmer temperatures being recorded across the nation, the odds of a white Christmas are going down,” says Pete Globe, assistant state climatologist at the Colorado Climate Center. “So there is at least some truth to the anecdote that we’re seeing less white Christmases across a lot of the country.”
That’s due to a mix of climate change and climate variability, the natural fluctuations in climate patterns in a given region. The northeast, upper Midwest and New York and New Jersey are some of the areas where this trend is strongest, says Globe. Climate change is also causing shorter, warmer winters. But that doesn’t mean that a white Christmas will become a thing of the past. Some areas that often see snow might see more intense storms due to climate change, as a warmer atmosphere is able to hold more moisture.
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