Will CT Have A White Christmas? Here’s What The Old Farmer’s Almanac Predicts

Songs, poems, children’s stories and holiday movies relive the joy of a white Christmas, but how likely is it that Connecticut residents will wake up to a snow-covered landscape on Christmas morning?

“While we all know that nature can be unpredictable, the odds are that the snow will fall mainly in the Central region of the U.S.” the almanac’s website reads. “According to The 2026 Old Farmer’s Almanac, most of the United States will be seeing a milder, gentler winter than average.”

The Old Farmer’s Almanac said in a newly released forecast that only the most northwestern area of Connecticut has a good shot at a White Christmas. The rest of the state is unlikely to see any snow.

The Northeast region as a whole, on the other hand, is expected to be covered in white.

Despite the perceptions fueled by "Gilmore Girls" and Hallmark movies, the prospects for a White Christmas in Connecticut are not very strong, historically speaking. The last time any area of the state experienced a White Christmas (defined by the National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration as "having 1 inch or more of snow on the ground Christmas morning") was 2021, in Hartford.

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Dreams of a White Christmas are just wishful thinking in some parts of the country, including the Deep South, the Southeast, the Desert Southwest and Hawaii. Here’s a look at what could be in store for the rest of the country:

• Atlantic Corridor: Not a White Christmas
• Appalachians: Chance of a White Christmas
• Southeast: Not a White Christmas
• Florida: Not a White Christmas
• Lower Lakes: A White Christmas
• Ohio Valley: Chance of a White Christmas in the east; not a White Christmas in the west
• Deep South: Not a White Christmas
• Upper Midwest: Chance of a White Christmas
• Heartland: Not a White Christmas
• Texas–Oklahoma: Not a White Christmas
• High Plains: Chance of a White Christmas
• Intermountain: Chance of a White Christmas in the east; not a White Christmas in the west
• Desert Southwest: Not a White Christmas
• Pacific Northwest: Not a White Christmas
• Pacific Southwest: Not a White Christmas.
• Alaska: A White Christmas.
• Hawaii: Not a White Christmas

Here is the updated weather forecast for Connecticut via the National Weather Service:

Today: Mostly cloudy through mid morning, then gradual clearing, with a high near 46. Light and variable wind.

Friday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 52. Calm wind becoming southwest 5 to 9 mph in the morning.

Friday Night: A chance of rain, mainly after 9pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 38. Southwest wind around 5 mph becoming light and variable. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Saturday: A chance of rain, mainly before 8am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 49. Northwest wind 7 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 47. Light and variable wind becoming west 5 to 7 mph in the morning.