White Christmas
Will Watford City, ND have a white Christmas?
Watford City, North Dakota had snow on the ground on Christmas morning in 22 of the last 30 Christmases (1996 to 2025). The last white Christmas there was in 2025.
Measured at Grassy Butte 2ene, 28 miles south of Watford City. That station is far enough from Watford City, or high or low enough, that this is its own record rather than a call for the town. 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 Watford City starts on this page on December 18.