White Christmas
Will Fort Pierre, SD have a white Christmas?
Fort Pierre, South Dakota had snow on the ground on Christmas morning in 10 of the 20 Christmases measured from 1996 to 2025. The last white Christmas there was in 2023. A coin flip.
Measured at Pierre Rgnl Airport, 5 miles northeast of Fort Pierre. 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 Fort Pierre starts on this page on December 18.