UNDATED (AP) - Nashville was only given 13 percent change of having snow on Christmas Day.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released their
predictions for the upcoming winter months in October, and they predict it will be a bit drier and a bit cooler than normal.
Probability of a white Christmas for selected cities is listed below alphabetically by state, based on data collected by the National Climatic Data Center from 1988-2005:
- Anchorage, Alaska, 90 percent
- Fairbanks, Alaska, 100 percent
- Phoenix, 1 percent
- Little Rock, Ark., 3 percent
- Los Angeles, 1 percent
- San Francisco, 1 percent
- Denver, 50 percent
- Hartford, Conn., 57 percent
- Wilmington, Del., 13 percent
- Washington, D.C., 13 percent
- Savannah, Ga, 3 percent
- Boise, Idaho, 30 percent
- Chicago, 40 percent
- Indianapolis, 30 percent
- Des Moines, Iowa, 50 percent
- Topeka, Kansas, 23 percent
- Louisville, Kentucky, 13 percent
- Portland, Maine, 83 percent
- Boston, 23 percent
- Detroit, 50 percent
- Marquette, Mich., 90 percent
- Duluth, Minn., 97 percent
- Minneapolis, 73 percent
- St. Louis, 23 percent
- Helena, Mont., 67 percent
- Omaha, Neb., 44 percent
- Reno, Nev., 20 percent
- Concord, N.H., 87 percent
- Newark, N.J. 23 percent
- Albuquerque, N.M., 3 percent
- New York, 10 percent
- Charlotte, N.C., 1 percent
- Fargo, N.D., 83 percent
- Cleveland, 60 percent
- Oklahoma City, 3 percent
- Portland, Ore., 1 percent
- Philadelphia, 10 percent
- Pittsburgh, 33 percent
- Providence, R.I., 37 percent
- Charleston, S.C., 3 percent
- Rapid City, S.D., 47 percent
- Nashville, Tenn., 13 percent
- Amarillo, Texas, 7 percent
- Dallas, 8 percent
- Salt Lake City, 53 percent
- Richmond, Va., 7 percent
- Seattle, 8 percent
- Spokane, Wash., 70 percent
- Charleston, W.V., 30 percent
- Huntington, W.V., 23 percent
- Milwaukee, 60 percent
- Casper, Wyo., 47 percent
(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
A family played in the snow in Pulaski, Tenn., on Sunday, March 1, 2009, after a winter storm.
