Will it be a white Christmas in Sacramento?
Sacramento, California · checked 12:48 pm PDT, Mon Oct 19
Christmas 2026
Forecasts reach about 7 days ahead, so nobody can say yet whether Sacramento 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 Sacramento
Sacramento 5 ESE reported snow depth on only 10 of the 35 Christmas Days from 1991 to 2025 — too few to count. None of those had 1 inch or more on the ground.
No snow, not even a trace, was recorded falling there on December 25 in the 32 years with a snowfall reading.
NOAA's 1991–2020 normals for Sacramento's station do not include a snow-depth probability for December 25.
These are past Christmases, not a forecast for this year.
Every December 25 from 1991 to 2025
| Year | Snow on the ground | Snow that fell | White by NOAA's measure |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | no reading | no reading | unknown |
| 2024 | 0 inches | none | No |
| 2023 | 0 inches | none | No |
| 2022 | 0 inches | none | No |
| 2021 | 0 inches | none | No |
| 2020 | 0 inches | none | No |
| 2019 | 0 inches | none | No |
| 2018 | 0 inches | none | No |
| 2017 | 0 inches | none | No |
| 2016 | no reading | none | unknown |
| 2015 | 0 inches | none | No |
| 2014 | no reading | no reading | unknown |
| 2013 | no reading | none | unknown |
| 2012 | no reading | none | unknown |
| 2011 | no reading | none | unknown |
| 2010 | no reading | none | unknown |
| 2009 | no reading | none | unknown |
| 2008 | no reading | none | unknown |
| 2007 | no reading | none | unknown |
| 2006 | no reading | no reading | unknown |
| 2005 | no reading | none | unknown |
| 2004 | no reading | none | unknown |
| 2003 | no reading | none | unknown |
| 2002 | no reading | none | unknown |
| 2001 | no reading | none | unknown |
| 2000 | no reading | none | unknown |
| 1999 | no reading | none | unknown |
| 1998 | no reading | none | unknown |
| 1997 | 0 inches | none | No |
| 1996 | no reading | none | unknown |
| 1995 | no reading | none | unknown |
| 1994 | no reading | none | unknown |
| 1993 | no reading | none | unknown |
| 1992 | no reading | none | unknown |
| 1991 | no reading | none | unknown |
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 Sacramento 5 ESE (GHCN-Daily station USW00023271, 7 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 Sacramento? This week's forecast and first snow dates
Questions
Will it be a white Christmas in Sacramento in 2026?
Forecasts reach about 7 days ahead, so nobody can say yet whether Sacramento 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.
What are the chances of a white Christmas in Sacramento?
NOAA's 1991–2020 normals for Sacramento's station do not include a snow-depth probability for December 25. 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 Sacramento?
Sacramento 5 ESE reported snow depth on only 10 of the 35 Christmas Days from 1991 to 2025 — too few to count. None of those had 1 inch or more on the ground.
Would Sacramento count as white by the UK rule?
Not at this station: no snow was recorded falling on December 25 in the 32 years with a snowfall reading from 1991 to 2025.
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