Will Massachusetts see a white Christmas? Here’s what Farmers’ Almanac forecast says

You can’t always count on Old Saint Nick (or Mother Nature) to make a white Christmas.

Thankfully, you can rely on the Farmers’ Almanac to give their best prediction on what the weather is going to be like in Massachusetts on Christmas Day.

“Here is your Christmas forecast,” the Farmers’ Almanac website said. The prediction covers from Christmas Eve, December 24, until Wednesday, December 27, 2024.

Farmers’ Almanac separated its Christmas weather predictions into zones for various regions of the country. The almanac sectioned off New England and the Northeast into Zone 1, which encompasses New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland and Washington D.C.

Will it snow on Christmas in Massachusetts

“Wet snow bringing a white Christmas to the north,” the forecast said. “Rain showers to the south.”

The almanac is predicting that Massachusetts will see wet snow this Christmas Day, and thus a white Christmas.

New York, Delaware, Pennsylvania and the other states could constitute the southern part comprised in Zone 1.

What are the odds of having a white Christmas in Massachusetts?

The odds of having a White Christmas in Massachusetts aren’t as high as you might think.

“On any given year, the Boston metro area has about a 25%-40% chance of having a white Christmas,” meteorologist Bill Leatham, of the National Weather Service in Norton told the USA Today Network last December. “As you move to the Northwest, that probability increases. Central Massachusetts would have about a 50% chance, and areas like the Berkshires would have a 75% chance.”

At the other end of the spectrum, the Cape and Islands typically have a 10%-25% chance of a white Christmas in any given year.

For it to count as a white Christmas, there needs to be at least an inch of snow on the ground.

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“Year ends on a blustery, colder note, with frequent snow showers,” the almanac’s detailed forecast said concerning the Northeast and New England.

Seth Jacobson contributed to this report.

Rin Velasco is a trending reporter. She can be reached at rvelasco@gannett.com.