Christmas 2026 snow forecast
Will it snow in Barnstaple?
Christmas Day snow odds for Barnstaple, from 34 winters of observations and our 1 km forecast model.
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Christmas snow in Barnstaple
The calibrated long-range estimate for Barnstaple 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 Barnstaple, 1991–2024
Modelled history
Estimated falling snow on Christmas Eve or Day
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About Barnstaple
Elevation
12 m
Region
South West England
Model
1 km, in-house
Higher and more northerly places tend to score better, and Barnstaple sits at 12 m.
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Barnstaple 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-west/barnstaple
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Frequently asked questions
- Will it snow in Barnstaple this Christmas?
- The current estimate is a 1% chance of a white Christmas in Barnstaple 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 Barnstaple have a white Christmas?
- The calibrated long-range estimate for Barnstaple is 1%, based on the 1991–2024 HadUK-Grid record and rolling historical validation.
- When did Barnstaple last have a white Christmas?
- Our 1991–2024 reconstruction has no year meeting the Christmas snow threshold for Barnstaple. That does not prove snow never fell: the model estimates falling snow on 24 or 25 December and ends in 2024.