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here’s the last time it snowed at Christmas (and it wasn’t yesterday…)

here’s the last time it snowed at Christmas (and it wasn’t yesterday…)
here’s the last time it snowed at Christmas (and it wasn’t yesterday…)

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Emy SAVINE

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Dec 19 2024 at 11:24 a.m.

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For Christmas, you need a beautiful, well-decorated tree, a good meal, a few gifts and some snow. Well, this is what we especially see in Christmas movies.

But, historically, snow on December 25 is not not really a reality. We asked the question to a meteorologist, to discuss the situation in .

Here’s what it is.

15 periods of snow in 74 years

Since 1950we recorded the number of times it snowed between Christmas Eve and December 26 in the ducal city. And this number is ridiculous.

In fact, in 74 years, it has only snowed 15 reprises – when it was on the ground – during this party. “There is a misconception that in the past it snowed a lot, especially at Christmas, but that is not the case,” explains Florian Pasiecsnick, founder of Météo Lor’.

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15 cm of snow in 2010

And the last time was… 201014 years ago. And on that day, Saturday December 25, 2010, “ 15 centimeters of snow had fallen, it was an exceptional period,” he continues.

He details by recalling that at that time, “the conditions were improbable“. The time wassuitable for snow from the end of November until the end of the year.

No snow on the horizon

This year, the big white coat that the youngest wait for the arrival of Santa Claus will not be present. Temperatures will be around seasonal norms of 3°C in the morning to an expected 7°C in the afternoon.

“It’s not surprising,” says the meteorologist. People complain that there is no more season, but with global warming there will be less and less. »

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