White Christmas
Will Platte, SD have a white Christmas?
Platte, South Dakota had snow on the ground on Christmas morning in 16 of the 28 Christmases measured from 1996 to 2025. The last white Christmas there was in 2023. A coin flip.
Measured at Platte, under a mile away of Platte. 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 Platte starts on this page on December 18.