Will it be a White Christmas for You?

 In an attempt to answer that last question, we’ve used official Met Office data and analysed the past 25 years of winter weather to determine what conditions you are most likely to experience throughout this festive time of the year.

 This is the Barratt Homes Winter Weather Calculator.

Which region has the best chance of snow on Christmas Day?

To save you the trouble of selecting every region in the above calculator, the table below details the regions that have been blessed with the most white Christmases over the past 25 years.

Region	Number of White Christmases	Percentage likelihood of snow this year
Scotland	11	44%
North East	8	32%
South Wales	7	28%
Northern Ireland	6	24%
East Midlands	4	16%
North Wales	4	16%
North West	3	12%
South East	3	12%
West Midlands	3	12%
Yorkshire	3	12%
South West	2	8%

 

And the region that comes top is Scotland, with a total of eleven white Christmases. Given the data spans 25 years, recent history tells us that Scottish residents stand a whopping 44% chance of waking up to a winter wonderland upon Christmas Day.

Look at some of our developments available in Scotland inluding near Hamilton, Edinburgh & Glasgow here.

Where has the most snow fallen throughout the festive period over the past 25 years?

Our second strand of research analyses the highest recorded depths of snowfall throughout the festive period (21^st of December until the 4^th of January) over the past 25 years by region.

And Scotland again comes out as the clear winner here. On Christmas day in 1995, a staggering depth of 43 centimetres of snow was recorded that remained settled until January  1^st 1996. Based on the average height of an adult, at that depth, the snow would have come up to your knee!



The table below details highest depth of snow recorded by region*:

Region	Highest depth of snow recorded (cm)
Scotland	43cm
South West	20cm
North Wales	18cm
South East	16cm
East Midlands	13cm
East Anglia	11cm
North East	11cm
Northern Ireland	11cm
South Wales	11cm
West Midlands	11cm
Yorkshire	10cm
North West	9cm

*Over the festive period (21^st December to 4^th of January)

About Barratt Homes:

You could be enjoying a white Christmas in your new home with the help of Barratt Homes. We have amazing properties scattered across the UK. There might be a Barratt Home waiting for you around the corner!

Browse our catalogue of available developments by region or by local area. Take a look at some of our new properties in the South East (Kent, Essex, Sussex or Surrey), South West (Devon, Dorset or Cornwall), in the East Midlands or West Midlands, Yorkshire or Scotland (Aberdeenshire, Glasgow or Edinburgh) and the North of England (Lancashire, Greater Manchester, Northumberland or Durham).

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How did we calculate this data?

The calculator uses historical data supplied by the Met Office’s National Climate Information Centre, presenting snowfall and snow depth data to uncover which regions had the best snow sightings during the most memorable years.

This application uses 25 years’ worth of data (starting in 1993) to calculate the percentage likelihood of snow in each region.

To work out the likelihood of a white Christmas, analysis considered how many times snow fell on Christmas eve and Christmas day and whether any snow was still settled on Christmas day. Analysed this way, if there was snow on the ground but no snowfall on either the 24^th or the 25^th of December, then this still counted as a white Christmas.

Please note that this prediction is not endorsed by the Met Office as an accurate weather forecast, and for the most up-to-date weather forecast and warnings you should visit www.metoffice.gov.uk or call 0370 900 0100.

If you are worried about the impact of snow or cold weather, you can find helpful advice and tips on the Met Office’s website.

Instagram data sourced through Crimson Hexagon.