...CHRISTMAS DAY WEATHER FACTS FOR MILWAUKEE...

UPDATED 12/26/2011

RECORDS SHOW THAT THERE HAS BEEN A WHITE CHRISTMAS APPROXIMATELY
48 PERCENT OF THE TIME. OVER THE 118 YEAR PERIOD OF SNOW DEPTH
RECORDS...THERE HAVE BEEN 57 OCCURRENCES OF AN INCH OR MORE OF
SNOW ON THE GROUND ON CHRISTMAS DAY.
 
BELOW ARE THE LAST 10 YEARS ON RECORD FOR WHEN WE HAD A CHRISTMAS
DAY WITHOUT ANY SNOW ON THE GROUND AND NO SNOWFALL OCCURRING ON
THAT DAY...SNOWFALL RECORDS GO BACK TO 1884...AND SNOW DEPTH
RECORDS GO BACK TO 1893...
 
YEAR
 
 DEC. 25 2011
 DEC. 25 2006
 DEC. 25 1998
 DEC. 25 1995
 DEC. 25 1986
 DEC. 25 1982
 DEC. 25 1955
 DEC. 25 1943
 DEC. 25 1939
 DEC. 25 1938

DATA FOR CHRISTMAS DAY OVER THE PAST 10 YEARS...
 
 YEAR            HIGH    LOW    PRECIP    SNOW     SNOW ON
                                          FALL     THE GROUND
 DEC. 25 2011     42     31      0.00     0.0         0 
 DEC. 25 2010     33     28      0.03     0.6         T
 DEC. 25 2009     42     23      0.96      T          2
 DEC. 25 2008     28      0        T       T         13
 DEC. 25 2007     39     18      0.00     0.0         1
 DEC. 25 2006     38     31      0.00     0.0         0
 DEC. 25 2005     36     33      0.00     0.0         2
 DEC. 25 2004     19     10      0.01     0.3         0
 DEC. 25 2003     34     18      0.00     0.0         T
 DEC. 25 2002     30     24        T       T          0

.MILWAUKEE CLIMATE STATISTICS FOR CHRISTMAS DAY...
 
NORMALS ARE DERIVED FROM 1981-2010 DATA
 
 NORMAL HIGH............30 DEGREES
 NORMAL LOW.............18 DEGREES
 NORMAL PRECIP........0.06 INCHES
 NORMAL SNOWFALL.......0.4 INCHES
 WARMEST HIGH...........61 IN 1962
 COLDEST LOW...........-12 IN 1983
 COLDEST HIGH...........-2 IN 1983  ** THE ONLY CHRISTMAS WITH
 WARMEST LOW............45 IN 1936   LOW MAX AT ZERO OR BELOW **
 MOST PRECIPITATION...0.96 IN 2009
 MOST SNOWFALL.........6.0 IN 1909
 HIGHEST SNOW DEPTH.....25 IN 2000