Local Christmas forecast · 2026
White Christmas in Pickering?
Your local snow odds for Christmas Day, built from 34 winters of observations and our latest forecast model.
Yorkshire and the Humber62 m elevation1 km local model
11%Chance of a white Christmas
What history says
Christmas snow in Pickering
The calibrated long-range estimate for Pickering 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 2020.
11%
White Christmas
6%
Snow on the Day
6%
Snow on the Eve
Christmases in Pickering, 1991–2024
Observed history
Snow fell on Christmas Eve or Day
8of 34
1990s
90
91
92
White Christmas
93White Christmas
94White Christmas
95White Christmas
9697
98
99
2000s
00
01
02
03
White Christmas
0405
06
07
08
White Christmas
092010s
White Christmas
1011
12
13
14
15
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19
2020s
White Christmas
2021
22
23
24
25
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29
About Pickering
Elevation
62 m
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber
Model
1 km, in-house
Higher and more northerly places tend to score better, and Pickering sits at 62 m.
Nearby places
Frequently asked questions
- Will it snow in Pickering this Christmas?
- The current estimate is a 11% chance of a white Christmas in Pickering 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 Pickering have a white Christmas?
- The calibrated long-range estimate for Pickering is 11%, based on the 1991–2024 HadUK-Grid record and rolling historical validation.
- When did Pickering last have a white Christmas?
- The most recent white Christmas in Pickering in our 1991–2024 records was 2020.