Local Christmas forecast · 2026
White Christmas in Priesthaugh?
Your local snow odds for Christmas Day, built from 34 winters of observations and our latest forecast model.
Scotland348 m elevation1 km local model
21%Chance of a white Christmas
What history says
Christmas snow in Priesthaugh
The calibrated long-range estimate for Priesthaugh is about 2 years 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.
21%
White Christmas
21%
Snow on the Day
8%
Snow on the Eve
Christmases in Priesthaugh, 1991–2024
Observed history
Snow fell on Christmas Eve or Day
15of 34
1990s
90
91
White Christmas
92White Christmas
9394
White Christmas
95White Christmas
9697
98
White Christmas
992000s
White Christmas
0001
02
03
White Christmas
04White Christmas
05White Christmas
06White Christmas
0708
White Christmas
092010s
White Christmas
1011
12
13
14
15
16
17
White Christmas
1819
2020s
White Christmas
20White Christmas
2122
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
About Priesthaugh
Elevation
348 m
Region
Scotland
Model
1 km, in-house
Higher and more northerly places tend to score better, and Priesthaugh sits at 348 m.
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Frequently asked questions
- Will it snow in Priesthaugh this Christmas?
- The current estimate is a 21% chance of a white Christmas in Priesthaugh 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 Priesthaugh have a white Christmas?
- The calibrated long-range estimate for Priesthaugh is 21%, based on the 1991–2024 HadUK-Grid record and rolling historical validation.
- When did Priesthaugh last have a white Christmas?
- The most recent white Christmas in Priesthaugh in our 1991–2024 records was 2021.