Will it be a white Christmas in Austin?

Austin, Texas · checked 2:47 pm CDT, Mon Oct 19

Christmas 2026

Forecasts reach about 7 days ahead, so nobody can say yet whether Austin will see snow on Christmas 2026. From December 18, 2026 this page shows the National Weather Service forecast for Christmas Eve night and Christmas Day.

Past Christmas Days in Austin

In none of the 35 Christmas Days from 1991 to 2025 with a snow-depth reading at Austin-Camp Mabry was there 1 inch of snow on the ground.

No snow, not even a trace, was recorded falling there on December 25 in the 35 years with a snowfall reading.

These are past Christmases, not a forecast for this year.

Every December 25 from 1991 to 2025

Year	Snow that fell	White by NOAA's measure
2025	none	No
2024	none	No
2023	none	No
2022	none	No
2021	none	No
2020	none	No
2019	none	No
2018	none	No
2017	none	No
2016	none	No
2015	none	No
2014	none	No
2013	none	No
2012	none	No
2011	none	No
2010	none	No
2009	none	No
2008	none	No
2007	none	No
2006	none	No
2005	none	No
2004	none	No
2003	none	No
2002	none	No
2001	none	No
2000	none	No
1999	none	No
1998	none	No
1997	none	No
1996	none	No
1995	none	No
1994	none	No
1993	none	No
1992	none	No
1991	none	No

Snow depth is measured once a day in whole inches; a trace is less than half an inch. "No reading" means the station sent none for that day.

Where these numbers come from

Past Christmas Days: snow depth and snowfall on December 25, 1991 to 2025, at Austin-Camp Mabry (GHCN-Daily station USW00013958, 6 km from the city centre), read through the Regional Climate Centers' ACIS service. Chance: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020, daily normal DLY-SNWD-PCTALL-GE001WI for December 25, which NCEI defines as the probability in a 29-day window centred on the date; the same normals are behind NOAA's white Christmas map. Forecast: the National Weather Service API, from December 18. All US government data, public domain.

No bookmaker odds. This site does not predict snow; it repeats the official forecast and the record.

Will it snow in Austin? This week's forecast and first snow dates

Questions

Will it be a white Christmas in Austin in 2026?

What are the chances of a white Christmas in Austin?

NOAA's 1991–2020 normals put the chance of at least 1 inch of snow on the ground in Austin around December 25 at 0.0% in the 1991–2020 record — rounded to one decimal, so a rare snow cover can still hide below it. It is the share of days with 1 inch or more on the ground in a 29-day window centred on December 25, so it describes late December, not the day alone.

When was the last white Christmas in Austin?

In none of the 35 Christmas Days from 1991 to 2025 with a snow-depth reading at Austin-Camp Mabry was there 1 inch of snow on the ground.

Would Austin count as white by the UK rule?

Not at this station: no snow was recorded falling on December 25 in the 35 years with a snowfall reading from 1991 to 2025.

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