Local Christmas forecast · 2026
White Christmas in Oxford?
Your local snow odds for Christmas Day, built from 34 winters of observations and our latest forecast model.
West Midlands164 m elevation1 km local model
10%Chance of a white Christmas
What history says
Christmas snow in Oxford
The calibrated long-range estimate for Oxford 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 2010.
10%
White Christmas
6%
Snow on the Day
4%
Snow on the Eve
Christmases in Oxford, 1991–2024
Observed history
Snow fell on Christmas Eve or Day
7of 34
1990s
90
91
92
White Christmas
93White Christmas
94White Christmas
9596
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2000s
White Christmas
0001
02
03
White Christmas
0405
06
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08
White Christmas
092010s
White Christmas
1011
12
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2020s
20
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29
About Oxford
Elevation
164 m
Region
West Midlands
Model
1 km, in-house
Higher and more northerly places tend to score better, and Oxford sits at 164 m.
Nearby places
Frequently asked questions
- Will it snow in Oxford this Christmas?
- The current estimate is a 10% chance of a white Christmas in Oxford 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 Oxford have a white Christmas?
- The calibrated long-range estimate for Oxford is 10%, based on the 1991–2024 HadUK-Grid record and rolling historical validation.
- When did Oxford last have a white Christmas?
- The most recent white Christmas in Oxford in our 1991–2024 records was 2010.