Do you think we'll ever have a white christmas again?

[splatfrog]

I remember snowy christmases as a kid. It was wonderful. I'll caveat that by saying I was sometimes abroad. But it's so warm at the moment & if this keeps up, I can't ever imagine a snowy christmas happening again. I remember flumping into large snowdrifts in Hampshire in the 70s. What d'you think?

I’m in my 40s and remember very very few white Christmases. North West.

It snowed in 2020 on Christmas Day, but sadly it was just a few flakes and didn’t stick.

I hope it’s a mild winter this year with so many struggling to heat their homes, even if I like the idea of a white Christmas.

We usually have snow for several weeks Jan - March.

it's still cold, just not at Christmas.

I'm 48 and think I've only had one or two white Christmas's. 2009/10 were white.
Can't remember any as a kid.

As a PP said, if the sea levels rise due to ice cap & glacial melt, enough to change the salinity of the Gulf Stream & we see major changes to the NAO (North Atlantic Oscillation) we’ll have a White Christmas every year. And every Easter. And from November to March every year.

We have a maritime climate in the UK, with predominantly westerly winds. Cold weather and snow genesis comes from easterly or northerly airflows. For our position by latitude, we’ve always been pretty warm compared to continental Europe at the same latitude.

But there is absolutely no denying that the warm weather we’ve experienced in the last 5 years (and the continually record breaking temperatures) is extremely concerning and although this year’s high temps may be a blip in a natural earth cycle, I’m fearful that this is only the start of catastrophic climate change. Little things like a second crop of strawberries last month. 41°c shade temps in July. October’s warm weather & thunderstorms.

There’s a fantastic, award winning documentary called She Changes Climate on YouTube (filmed around Cop26) which highlights how women are at the forefront of the effects of climate change, and finding solutions if anyone is interested.

I'm in the South/London/Surrey. I can only remember one white Christmas. I am 62. I was a little girl.

Really cold winters in the South are rare; I don't remember 62 but my mother does, I remember some snowy January's in my lateish teens. 81 was vicious before Xmas, I recall some heavy snow about 87 and the early 90s. 95/96 was an artic winter, 2002/3 I recall snow. A few times in the mid/late 00s we had snow closures at work. Nov/Dec 2009 (or was it 2010) was very snowy but cleared by Christmas. We moved to our current house in 2015. Despite the beautiful from the east in 2018 I haven't really seen the garden thick with snow.

Absolutely. Climate change will mean more extreme weather for us in the UK (and we can’t cope with leaves on the line, slight coverings of snow or temps over 25C as it is).

Again, where you live can't. Places in Scotland that get a lot of snow - parts of Aberdeenshire or the Scottish Borders for example - actually cope pretty well when it snows. If it happens every year you can plan for it.

I’m 46 and have never seen a white Christmas.

53, have lived half my life in the north east and have seen maybe 3 or 4 white Christmases. Feb has always been snowier.

I have never had a white Christmas and I'm 41.Get a grip.

Stop parroting shit, seriously you have no idea what will happen, neither do the people you are parroting.

Ahhh a climate change denier then? Is it because you're ignorant or scared? I get being scared, I'm scared, we should all be scared and if you're not you're probably not fully conversant with the facts

I can count the number of white Christmases I've had on two fingers and I am 40. I've lived in Herts, Essex and now East Anglia. 2009 and 2010. That's it.

Two years ago we had snow settling every weekend from mid December to mid January. Just not Christmas day.

Most heavy snowfalls I've seen (not just Christmas) have followed large volcanic eruptions in the Northern hemisphere. I only remember a couple of white Christmases . I live in the South West and prior to that South Wales, but not up the valleys as they got a lot more snow

No. It's very unlikely. Our snow (Perthshire) is more reliable in the depths of Winter (Jan/Feb) rather than at the very beginning of Winter (Dec).

I'm a teacher and all my snow days have been February! Snow days will never happen again though...online learning!

I remember helping my friend with her paper round one Christmas. The snow was so thick I dragged the papers on the back of a sledge and she went up & down all the paths delivering. It was lovely seeing all the Christmassy front rooms at twilight in the evening. I was impervious to cold back then.