White Christmas
Will White River, SD have a white Christmas?
White River, South Dakota had snow on the ground on Christmas morning in 15 of the 29 Christmases measured from 1996 to 2025. The last white Christmas there was in 2023. A coin flip.
Measured at Wood, 14 miles east of White River. 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 White River starts on this page on December 18.