Arizona Could See a White Christmas This Year

What are the Chances of a White Christmas in Arizona

Arizona has such diverse weather, this might be a broad statement, but chances are good we'll see a white Christmas, in Arizona this year.

If you've been through at least one monsoon season, you know the weather might be different from your neighbor's weather. We give a very specific meaning to localized showers.

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You might get rain, and you might not, no matter what the sky seems to threaten. The same holds true for winter snow. Cochise County could get snow. while Phoenix doesn't see a flake.

And we won't even consider Flagstaff in this equation. They already have a better-than-average chance of snow.

The History of White Christmases in Arizona

According to KOLD News 13 in Tucson, the last time Old Pueblo experienced a white Christmas was back in 1987 when everyone woke up Christmas morning to almost three inches of snow.

In Cochise County that year, Bisbee saw 3.8 inches and Hereford had a whopping 8.5 inches!

What the Farmer's Almanac Predicts for Arizona this Winter

Experts are predicting that most of the US and Canada could experience an above-average snowfall this year. For the most part, it looks like we're likely to have a wet winter, but not necessarily a snowier season overall in the Desert Southwest.

We'll certainly get snowfall in parts of Arizona this winter, according to the 2024 Old Famer's Almanac, "[T]here will be a white Christmas in the highest terrain of central Arizona, but not elsewhere in the region."

Places like Flagstaff and the White Mountains will likely have a white Christmas, but unfortunately for those hoping for a little Christmas magic this year, it probably won't happen in Sierra Vista, Tucson, or Phoenix.