White Christmas
Will Forest City, IA have a white Christmas?
Forest City, Iowa had snow on the ground on Christmas morning in 20 of the 27 Christmases measured from 1996 to 2025. The last white Christmas there was in 2022. Most years.
Measured at Lake Mills, 12 miles northeast of Forest City. 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 Forest City starts on this page on December 18.