Looks like we might get a green Christmas

TORONTO – If you’re dreaming of a white Christmas, you might need to keep dreaming.

The forecast between now and Christmas Day doesn’t show too many snowy days ahead, and CityNews meteorologist Adam Stiles says there’s actually more green Christmases than white in Canada–if you can believe that.

“If history can teach us anything, the odds are swinging toward a higher likelihood of seeing the grass while huddling around the tree,” he said.

“What exactly qualifies for a white Christmas? When there are two centimetres of snow on the ground at 7 a.m. on Dec. 25, it’s considered a white Christmas. A perfect white Christmas is when snow is falling and there are two centimetres of snow on the ground.”

According to the weather expert, white Christmases have become less and less frequent over the last 30 years.

“Three-quarters of the larger Canadian cities are showing a change of frequency of white Christmases ranging from five per cent to 45 per cent of it happening less often. [For example], the Greater Toronto Area has seen a drop of 20 per cent in the past 30 years, compared to the 30 years before that,” he explained.

Most locations over the past 30 years have seen a drop-off in the number of snow-covered Christmas mornings. In fact, only eight out of 45 cities that Environment Canada released statistics for have no change in frequency for the 30 years versus the 30 previous.

Three cities–Victoria, Windsor, and St. Johns–are reporting a higher frequency of holiday snowfall. All spots that probably don’t come first to mind when thinking of getting a White Christmas, right?

Only three cities in the Great White North–Yellowknife, Kenora, and Whitehorse–have a perfect record for white Christmases.

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As for Calgary, we’re looking at a steady mix of sun and cloud for the next week or so, with temperatures hovering around zero.