Christmas 2026 snow forecast
Will it snow in Houghton-Le-Spring?
Christmas Day snow odds for Houghton-Le-Spring, from 34 winters of observations and our 1 km forecast model.
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Christmas snow in Houghton-Le-Spring
The calibrated long-range estimate for Houghton-Le-Spring is about 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 2010.
7%
White Christmas
7%
Snow on the Day
3%
Snow on the Eve
Christmases in Houghton-Le-Spring, 1991–2024
Modelled history
Estimated falling snow on Christmas Eve or Day
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1990s
2000s
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Beyond Christmas Day
Will it snow in Houghton-Le-Spring this winter?
At Leeming, the nearest long-running weather station (60 km away), snow has settled in 81% of winters, on about 6 days a winter. It usually first settles around 29 December, and lies there in December in 33% of years.
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Elevation
79 m
Region
North East England
Model
1 km, in-house
Higher and more northerly places tend to score better, and Houghton-Le-Spring sits at 79 m.
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Houghton-Le-Spring has a 7% chance of a white Christmas in 2026, according to White Christmas UK (as of 5 November 2026). https://whitechristmas.uk/uk/north-east/houghton-le-spring
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Frequently asked questions
- Will it snow in Houghton-Le-Spring this Christmas?
- The current estimate is a 7% chance of a white Christmas in Houghton-Le-Spring 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 Houghton-Le-Spring have a white Christmas?
- The calibrated long-range estimate for Houghton-Le-Spring is 7%, based on the 1991–2024 HadUK-Grid record and rolling historical validation.
- Will it snow in Houghton-Le-Spring this winter?
- Very likely at some point. At Leeming, the nearest long-running weather station (60 km away), snow has settled in 81% of winters, on about 6 days a winter, usually first around 29 December. Snow lies there in December in 33% of years.
- When did Houghton-Le-Spring last have a white Christmas?
- The most recent modelled Christmas snow signal for Houghton-Le-Spring was 2010, 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.