Local Christmas forecast · 2026
White Christmas in Friarton?
Your local snow odds for Christmas Day, built from 34 winters of observations and our latest forecast model.
Scotland11 m elevation1 km local model
9%Chance of a white Christmas
What history says
Christmas snow in Friarton
The calibrated long-range estimate for Friarton 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 2018.
9%
White Christmas
6%
Snow on the Day
4%
Snow on the Eve
Christmases in Friarton, 1991–2024
Observed history
Snow fell on Christmas Eve or Day
6of 34
1990s
90
91
92
White Christmas
9394
95
96
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2000s
White Christmas
0001
02
03
White Christmas
0405
White Christmas
0607
08
White Christmas
092010s
10
11
12
13
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17
White Christmas
1819
2020s
20
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29
About Friarton
Elevation
11 m
Region
Scotland
Model
1 km, in-house
Higher and more northerly places tend to score better, and Friarton sits at 11 m.
Nearby places
Frequently asked questions
- Will it snow in Friarton this Christmas?
- The current estimate is a 9% chance of a white Christmas in Friarton 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 Friarton have a white Christmas?
- The calibrated long-range estimate for Friarton is 9%, based on the 1991–2024 HadUK-Grid record and rolling historical validation.
- When did Friarton last have a white Christmas?
- The most recent white Christmas in Friarton in our 1991–2024 records was 2018.