White Christmas
Will Lake City, IA have a white Christmas?
Lake City, Iowa had snow on the ground on Christmas morning in 16 of the 26 Christmases measured from 1996 to 2025. The last white Christmas there was in 2022. Most years.
Measured at Rockwell City, 10 miles northeast of Lake 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 Lake City starts on this page on December 18.