White Christmas
Will Independence, IA have a white Christmas?
Independence, Iowa had snow on the ground on Christmas morning in 11 of the 20 Christmases measured from 1996 to 2025. The last white Christmas there was in 2025. A coin flip.
Measured at Oelwein 1e, 15 miles north of Independence. 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 Independence starts on this page on December 18.