Local Christmas forecast · 2026
White Christmas in Sunniside?
Your local snow odds for Christmas Day, built from 34 winters of observations and our latest forecast model.
North East England298 m elevation1 km local model
10%Chance of a white Christmas
What history says
Christmas snow in Sunniside
The calibrated long-range estimate for Sunniside 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 2021.
10%
White Christmas
9%
Snow on the Day
7%
Snow on the Eve
Christmases in Sunniside, 1991–2024
Observed history
Snow fell on Christmas Eve or Day
7of 34
1990s
90
91
92
White Christmas
9394
White Christmas
95White Christmas
9697
98
99
2000s
00
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
White Christmas
092010s
White Christmas
1011
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
2020s
White Christmas
20White Christmas
2122
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
About Sunniside
Elevation
298 m
Region
North East England
Model
1 km, in-house
Higher and more northerly places tend to score better, and Sunniside sits at 298 m.
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Frequently asked questions
- Will it snow in Sunniside this Christmas?
- The current estimate is a 10% chance of a white Christmas in Sunniside 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 Sunniside have a white Christmas?
- The calibrated long-range estimate for Sunniside is 10%, based on the 1991–2024 HadUK-Grid record and rolling historical validation.
- When did Sunniside last have a white Christmas?
- The most recent white Christmas in Sunniside in our 1991–2024 records was 2021.