Christmas 2026 snow forecast
Will it snow in Chichester?
Christmas Day snow odds for Chichester, from 34 winters of observations and our 1 km forecast model.
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Christmas snow in Chichester
The calibrated long-range estimate for Chichester is fewer than 1 year in 10. It combines the 1991–2024 HadUK-Grid reconstruction with calibration across rolling historical test periods.
1%
White Christmas
1%
Snow on the Day
1%
Snow on the Eve
Christmases in Chichester, 1991–2024
Modelled history
Estimated falling snow on Christmas Eve or Day
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Beyond Christmas Day
Will it snow in Chichester this winter?
At Hurn, the nearest long-running weather station (75 km away), snow has settled in 35% of winters, on about 1 days a winter. It usually first settles around 3 February, and lies there in December in 4% of years.
Will it snow in the UK this winter? When and where snow usually arrives →About Chichester
Elevation
20 m
Region
South East England
Model
1 km, in-house
Higher and more northerly places tend to score better, and Chichester sits at 20 m.
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Chichester has a 1% chance of a white Christmas in 2026, according to White Christmas UK (as of 5 November 2026). https://whitechristmas.uk/uk/south-east/chichester
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Frequently asked questions
- Will it snow in Chichester this Christmas?
- The current estimate is a 1% chance of a white Christmas in Chichester 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 Chichester have a white Christmas?
- The calibrated long-range estimate for Chichester is 1%, based on the 1991–2024 HadUK-Grid record and rolling historical validation.
- Will it snow in Chichester this winter?
- Settling snow is unusual here. At Hurn, the nearest long-running weather station (75 km away), snow has settled in 35% of winters, on about 1 days a winter, usually first around 3 February. Snow lies there in December in 4% of years.
- When did Chichester last have a white Christmas?
- Our 1991–2024 reconstruction has no year meeting the Christmas snow threshold for Chichester. That does not prove snow never fell: the model estimates falling snow on 24 or 25 December and ends in 2024.