Christmas 2026 snow forecast
Will it snow in Wigan?
Christmas Day snow odds for Wigan, from 34 winters of observations and our 1 km forecast model.
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Christmas snow in Wigan
The calibrated long-range estimate for Wigan 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 2009.
7%
White Christmas
5%
Snow on the Day
3%
Snow on the Eve
Christmases in Wigan, 1991–2024
Modelled history
Estimated falling snow on Christmas Eve or Day
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2000s
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Beyond Christmas Day
Will it snow in Wigan this winter?
At Shawbury, the nearest long-running weather station (83 km away), snow has settled in 72% of winters, on about 4.6 days a winter. It usually first settles around 18 January, and lies there in December in 28% of years.
Will it snow in the UK this winter? When and where snow usually arrives →About Wigan
Elevation
32 m
Region
North West England
Model
1 km, in-house
Higher and more northerly places tend to score better, and Wigan sits at 32 m.
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Wigan 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-west/wigan
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Frequently asked questions
- Will it snow in Wigan this Christmas?
- The current estimate is a 7% chance of a white Christmas in Wigan 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 Wigan have a white Christmas?
- The calibrated long-range estimate for Wigan is 7%, based on the 1991–2024 HadUK-Grid record and rolling historical validation.
- Will it snow in Wigan this winter?
- Very likely at some point. At Shawbury, the nearest long-running weather station (83 km away), snow has settled in 72% of winters, on about 4.6 days a winter, usually first around 18 January. Snow lies there in December in 28% of years.
- When did Wigan last have a white Christmas?
- The most recent modelled Christmas snow signal for Wigan 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.