Christmas 2026 snow forecast
Will it snow in Colchester?
Christmas Day snow odds for Colchester, from 34 winters of observations and our 1 km forecast model.
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Christmas snow in Colchester
The calibrated long-range estimate for Colchester is fewer than 1 year in 10. It combines the 1991–2024 HadUK-Grid reconstruction with calibration across rolling historical test periods. The most recent modelled white Christmas in the underlying record was 2009.
2%
White Christmas
1%
Snow on the Day
1%
Snow on the Eve
Christmases in Colchester, 1991–2024
Modelled history
Estimated falling snow on Christmas Eve or Day
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Beyond Christmas Day
Will it snow in Colchester this winter?
At Wattisham, the nearest long-running weather station (26 km away), snow has settled in 78% of winters, on about 6.5 days a winter. It usually first settles around 28 December, and lies there in December in 37% of years.
Will it snow in the UK this winter? When and where snow usually arrives →About Colchester
Elevation
29 m
Region
East of England
Model
1 km, in-house
Higher and more northerly places tend to score better, and Colchester sits at 29 m.
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Colchester has a 2% chance of a white Christmas in 2026, according to White Christmas UK (as of 5 November 2026). https://whitechristmas.uk/uk/east-of-england/colchester
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<p>Colchester has a 2% chance of a white Christmas in 2026, according to <a href="https://whitechristmas.uk/uk/east-of-england/colchester">White Christmas UK</a> (as of 5 November 2026).</p>
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Frequently asked questions
- Will it snow in Colchester this Christmas?
- The current estimate is a 2% chance of a white Christmas in Colchester in 2026. This far out the number comes from our climate model; it sharpens on its own as the live forecast comes into range, within about a month of Christmas.
- How often does Colchester have a white Christmas?
- The calibrated long-range estimate for Colchester is 2%, based on the 1991–2024 HadUK-Grid record and rolling historical validation.
- Will it snow in Colchester this winter?
- Very likely at some point. At Wattisham, the nearest long-running weather station (26 km away), snow has settled in 78% of winters, on about 6.5 days a winter, usually first around 28 December. Snow lies there in December in 37% of years.
- When did Colchester last have a white Christmas?
- The most recent modelled Christmas snow signal for Colchester was 2009, in our 1991–2024 reconstruction. This covers falling snow on 24 or 25 December; it is not a verified observation of snowfall on Christmas Day.