White Christmas
Will Downey, CA have a white Christmas?
Downey, California had snow on the ground on Christmas morning in 0 of the last 30 Christmases (1996 to 2025). None of them was white. Almost never.
Measured at U C L A, 20 miles northwest of Downey. 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 Downey starts on this page on December 18.