Crystal Ski Holidays has created a snow calculator called Remember That December? that reminisces over the snow-filled Christmas Days across the past 25 years. It not only highlights the most memorable white Christmases, but also forecasts whether dreams for a white festive period will come true this year.
Remember That December? has analysed 25 years of snowfall and depth data from the Met Office to look in detail at the three most memorable white Christmases as well as attempting to calculate the likelihood of snow on the big day.
Martin Nolan if Crystal said: “The will-it, won’t-it aspect of snow on Christmas Day is something that Brits talk about every year. Here at Crystal, snow is vitally important for our business so we wanted to create something fun that would celebrate this.
“The experts at the Met Office know that snow is notoriously one of the most difficult types of weather to forecast, but we hope that our fun snow calculator will help those wondering about a white Christmas.”
How the Snow Calculator works
Using Met Office historical data, the Snow Calculator shows that it’s good news for Scotland, with many regions seeing a high chance of snow (55%).
The East of England also has a good chance (26%) of a white Christmas. Although for people in Yorkshire & The Humber, East Midlands and North Wales there is far less chance at 9% snow forecast.
The South suffers a similar fate with South Wales and the South West seeing a 12 and 14% likelihood of snow. Away from the Highlands it’s only the North East and the West Midlands with odds of snow nearing 20%.
Snow hopes! Pic credit: Emmanuel Boutet on Creative Commons Licence.
The British snow at Christmas chart
- Scotland – 55%
- East of England – 26%
- North East – 21%
- West Midlands – 19%
- South East – 15%
- Northern Ireland – 14%
- North West – 12%
- South Wales – 12%
- South West – 10%
- Yorkshire & The Humber – 9%
- East Midlands – 9%
- North Wales – 9%
The Eastern region has regularly seen snow over the last 25 years with 2010 seeing a particularly large flurry over the Christmas period.
Rosalie Fairbairn, Partnership Communications Manager at the Met Office said about their involvement in the campaign: “We were delighted to help with Crystal Ski Holidays’ fun Christmas campaign that celebrates the positive side of snowfall in the UK.
“Although we cannot endorse any of the predictions made by the snow calculator, and we know in the UK that weather history isn’t a great way of predicting the weather future, we’re pleased our historical data can give people a nostalgic trip down memory lane to Christmases of the recent past.”
“The snow calculator is a bit of fun, but as Christmas Day gets nearer you can find out if snow is actually forecast by visiting the Met Office website.”