Probability of a white Christmas in Finland
There is significant year to year variability in terms of the Christmas weather in Finland, but in Lapland a white Christmas is almost guaranteed.
Global climate is expected to warm in the upcoming decades and so will the winter months turn milder in Finland. Therefore the above statistics will probably not be applicaple in future decades.
Christmas Eve temperature and snow depth
Weather on Christmas Eve beginning from 1981
You can choose your preferred location by clicking on the list below the graph. Helsinki is selected by default. In the graph, the red bars represent the range of maximum and minimum temperatures, the blue bars the snow depth in the morning and the green bars the daily precipitation amount.
Weather in Helsinki on Christmas Eve beginning from 1838
In the upper figure the red curve presents temperature in centigrades at 2 pm and in the lower figure the snow depth in cm.
