White Christmas
Will Merkel, TX have a white Christmas?
Merkel, Texas had snow on the ground on Christmas morning in 0 of the 28 Christmases measured from 1996 to 2025. None of them was white. Almost never.
Measured at Abilene Rgnl Airport, 20 miles east of Merkel. 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 Merkel starts on this page on December 18.