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White Christmas odds / Arkansas

White Christmas 2026 in Arkansas: The Odds, Town by Town

Arkansas's best odds of a white Christmas are 5% at Botkinburg, rare, and 1% at the typical station.

Arkansas, at Little Rock

2%rare
Little Rock568 ftShare of Christmases with 1 inch or more on the ground, 1991 to 2020
  1. 20162016: bare
  2. 20172017: bare
  3. 20182018: bare
  4. 20192019: bare
  5. 20202020: bare
  6. 20212021: bare
  7. 20222022: bare
  8. 20232023: bare
  9. 20242024: bare
  10. 20252025: bare

1 inch or more bare no report

No white Christmas here in the last 10 years.

Deeper snow: 1% for 3 inches or more, 0% for 5 inches or more.

Your own town in Arkansas:

Photo: “Burns Avenue, Snow - Winter in St. Paul, Minnesota” by Tony Webster, CC BY 2.0

Arkansas at a glance

Snow on the ground, Christmas morning
60
Stations in the data
NOAA normals, 1991 to 2020
5%
Best odds in the state
Botkinburg, rare
1%
Typical station
the middle of the stations we track
1 in
Deepest recent Christmas
Gilbert, 2022
Reference stations

Arkansas odds, station by station

The odds of 1, 3 and 5 inches of snow on the ground on December 25, from the 1991 to 2020 NOAA normals, with how many of the last ten Christmases were white where the station reported.

White Christmas odds at Arkansas reference stations
StationElevation1 inch+3 inch+5 inch+Last 10
Little Rockrare568 ft2%1%0%0 of 10
Fort Smith Regional Airportrare449 ft1%0%0%0 of 10
Dequeenrare407 ft1%0%0%0 of 10
Des Arcrare200 ft1%0%0%0 of 9
Greers Ferry Damrare527 ft1%1%0%0 of 10
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Within a drive

Where the odds are best near Arkansas

The Arkansas stations rarely see snow on the ground at Christmas. The nearest station with real odds is Greenfield, Iowa, about 462 miles from Little Rock, at 40%.

A snow covered road running between tall evergreens at Banning State Park in Minnesota under a pale winter sky
Fresh snow on the evergreens at Banning State Park, Minnesota. “Fresh Snow - Banning State Park, Winter in Minnesota” by Tony Webster, CC BY-SA 2.0

Arkansas white Christmas questions

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