Local Christmas forecast · 2026
White Christmas in Reay?
Your local snow odds for Christmas Day, built from 34 winters of observations and our latest forecast model.
Scotland18 m elevation1 km local model
13%Chance of a white Christmas
What history says
Christmas snow in Reay
The calibrated long-range estimate for Reay 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 2019.
13%
White Christmas
9%
Snow on the Day
9%
Snow on the Eve
Christmases in Reay, 1991–2024
Observed history
Snow fell on Christmas Eve or Day
9of 34
1990s
90
91
92
White Christmas
9394
White Christmas
95White Christmas
9697
98
99
2000s
White Christmas
0001
02
03
04
05
White Christmas
0607
08
White Christmas
092010s
White Christmas
1011
12
13
White Christmas
1415
16
17
18
White Christmas
192020s
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
About Reay
Elevation
18 m
Region
Scotland
Model
1 km, in-house
Higher and more northerly places tend to score better, and Reay sits at 18 m.
Nearby places
Frequently asked questions
- Will it snow in Reay this Christmas?
- The current estimate is a 13% chance of a white Christmas in Reay 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 Reay have a white Christmas?
- The calibrated long-range estimate for Reay is 13%, based on the 1991–2024 HadUK-Grid record and rolling historical validation.
- When did Reay last have a white Christmas?
- The most recent white Christmas in Reay in our 1991–2024 records was 2019.