Christmas 2026 snow forecast
Will it snow in Fraserburgh?
Christmas Day snow odds for Fraserburgh, from 34 winters of observations and our 1 km forecast model.
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Christmas snow in Fraserburgh
The calibrated long-range estimate for Fraserburgh 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 1995.
5%
White Christmas
4%
Snow on the Day
4%
Snow on the Eve
Christmases in Fraserburgh, 1991–2024
Modelled history
Estimated falling snow on Christmas Eve or Day
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Beyond Christmas Day
Will it snow in Fraserburgh this winter?
At Dyce, the nearest long-running weather station (56 km away), snow has settled in 91% of winters, on about 13.9 days a winter. It usually first settles around 3 December, and lies there in December in 64% of years.
Will it snow in the UK this winter? When and where snow usually arrives →About Fraserburgh
Elevation
25 m
Region
Scotland
Model
1 km, in-house
Higher and more northerly places tend to score better, and Fraserburgh sits at 25 m.
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Fraserburgh has a 5% chance of a white Christmas in 2026, according to White Christmas UK (as of 5 November 2026). https://whitechristmas.uk/uk/scotland/fraserburgh
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<p>Fraserburgh has a 5% chance of a white Christmas in 2026, according to <a href="https://whitechristmas.uk/uk/scotland/fraserburgh">White Christmas UK</a> (as of 5 November 2026).</p>
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Frequently asked questions
- Will it snow in Fraserburgh this Christmas?
- The current estimate is a 5% chance of a white Christmas in Fraserburgh 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 Fraserburgh have a white Christmas?
- The calibrated long-range estimate for Fraserburgh is 5%, based on the 1991–2024 HadUK-Grid record and rolling historical validation.
- Will it snow in Fraserburgh this winter?
- Very likely at some point. At Dyce, the nearest long-running weather station (56 km away), snow has settled in 91% of winters, on about 13.9 days a winter, usually first around 3 December. Snow lies there in December in 64% of years.
- When did Fraserburgh last have a white Christmas?
- The most recent modelled Christmas snow signal for Fraserburgh was 1995, 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.