White Christmas
Will Bottineau, ND have a white Christmas?
Bottineau, North Dakota had snow on the ground on Christmas morning in 22 of the 24 Christmases measured from 1996 to 2025. The last white Christmas there was in 2019. Almost always.
Measured at Upham 3 N, 20 miles southwest of Bottineau. A white Christmas is an inch or more of snow on the ground at the Christmas morning reading, the line NOAA uses, counted from the station's own daily record.
The forecast for Christmas morning in Bottineau starts on this page on December 18.