
Christmas 2026 snow forecast
Will it snow in St Austell?
Christmas Day snow odds for St Austell, from 34 winters of observations and our 1 km forecast model.
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Christmas snow in St Austell
The calibrated long-range estimate for St Austell is fewer than 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 2010.
2%
White Christmas
2%
Snow on the Day
1%
Snow on the Eve
Christmases in St Austell, 1991–2024
Modelled history
Estimated falling snow on Christmas Eve or Day
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Beyond Christmas Day
Will it snow in St Austell this winter?
At Camborne, the nearest long-running weather station (41 km away), snow has settled in 27% of winters, on about 0.8 days a winter. It usually first settles around 27 January, and lies there in December in 5% of years.
Will it snow in the UK this winter? When and where snow usually arrives →About St Austell
Elevation
73 m
Region
South West England
Model
1 km, in-house
Higher and more northerly places tend to score better, and St Austell sits at 73 m.
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St Austell has a 2% chance of a white Christmas in 2026, according to White Christmas UK (as of 5 November 2026). https://whitechristmas.uk/uk/south-west/st-austell
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Frequently asked questions
- Will it snow in St Austell this Christmas?
- The current estimate is a 2% chance of a white Christmas in St Austell 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 St Austell have a white Christmas?
- The calibrated long-range estimate for St Austell is 2%, based on the 1991–2024 HadUK-Grid record and rolling historical validation.
- Will it snow in St Austell this winter?
- Settling snow is unusual here. At Camborne, the nearest long-running weather station (41 km away), snow has settled in 27% of winters, on about 0.8 days a winter, usually first around 27 January. Snow lies there in December in 5% of years.
- When did St Austell last have a white Christmas?
- The most recent modelled Christmas snow signal for St Austell was 2010, in our 1991–2024 reconstruction. This covers falling snow on 24 or 25 December; it is not a verified observation of snowfall on Christmas Day.