White Christmas
Will Fessenden, ND have a white Christmas?
Fessenden, North Dakota had snow on the ground on Christmas morning in 26 of the 29 Christmases measured from 1996 to 2025. The last white Christmas there was in 2025.
Measured at Drake 9 Ne, 42 miles northwest of Fessenden. That station is far enough from Fessenden, or high or low enough, that this is its own record rather than a call for the town. 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 Fessenden starts on this page on December 18.