Could FL 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 Floridians will wake up to a rare 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 a white Christmas is unlikely in Florida.

Dreams of a white Christmas are historically just wishful thinking in some parts of the country, including the Deep South, the Southeast, the Desert Southwest and Hawaii.

While rare, parts of Florida have experienced a white Christmas before.

According to an archived article from News4Jax, on Dec. 23, 1989, temperatures fell to 26 degrees in Jacksonville, causing rain to turn to sleet, then to snow. The snow did not melt, and winds caused snowdrifts several inches deep in some areas.

"This was the first white Christmas in Jacksonville's history, the snow lasting in some areas for three or four days," the article stated.

Here’s a look at what could be in store for the rest of the country:

• Northeast: A White Christmas.
• 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