How often does New York City get a White Christmas? Since 1912, there has been at least an inch of snow on the ground in Central Park on Christmas Day 18 times, or once every six years.
For 1912 through 2012, we used numbers from Dr. David Robinson (New Jersey State Climatologist and professor of geography at Rutgers University), based on National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA) readings from the National Weather Service Central Park Cooperative Weather Station, except for years 1995-2003 when data is from the LaGuardia Airport weather station. Data since 2013 directly from NOAA archives. Assumes zero inches for 2015 because the forecast temperature is 61°F. So yeah.
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How often does New York City get a White Christmas? Since 1912, there has been at least an inch of snow on the ground in Central Park on Christmas Day 18 times, or once every six years.