White Christmas In NYC: Here Are Chances Dreams Will Come True

NEW YORK CITY – If you're dreaming of a white Christmas in New York City, chances are you're going to be disappointed.

Forecasters have delved into historical records to figure out where snow is likely to fall on the holiday and, though it's certainly possible, New York City is not expected to be a winter wonderland.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration built an interactive map to figure out which U.S. areas will have the most seasonal Christmas, based on climatological measurements taken over the last three decades.

Its data suggests there's just an 11 percent chance that snow will fall on Christmas Day in Central Park.

AccuWeather's meteorologists give the city a better chance at seeing some flakes, but they still say it's less than 25 percent with a mild holiday being more likely this year.

“I do not see snow on the ground around the I-95 corridor, especially from New York City on south," said the agency's forecaster Paul Pastelok.

"Chances for a white Christmas are low."

AccuWeather says snow this year looks set to fall in the west of the country, the plains and the Midwest.

The National Weather Service doesn't give its prediction until much closer to the big day.

The white Christmas ideal in the United States comes from American composer Irving Berlin's classic, "White Christmas," recorded by Bing Crosby and others. The composer wrote the song while staying at an inn in southern California in 1940 and imagining the winters from his childhood in New York.