{"id":14668,"date":"2014-12-22T05:00:23","date_gmt":"2014-12-22T12:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/?p=14668"},"modified":"2014-12-22T05:45:08","modified_gmt":"2014-12-22T12:45:08","slug":"white-christmas-in-denver-snow-on-the-holiday-not-particularly-common","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/climatology\/white-christmas-in-denver-snow-on-the-holiday-not-particularly-common\/","title":{"rendered":"White Christmas in Denver?  Snow on the holiday not particularly common"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For many, the holiday season isn\u2019t complete without a chill in the air and snow on the ground. Here in Denver we historically enjoy a better chance of experiencing the proverbial white Christmas than many places in the nation.<\/p>\n<p>However, how the Mile High City fares in experiencing a white Christmas does depend on your definition of one.<\/p>\n<p>If it means having actual snowfall on Christmas Day the chances aren\u2019t that good. But, if simply having snow on the ground suffices, the chances improve considerably.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/noaa\/christmas.php\"><strong>For a complete look at Denver\u2019s Christmas weather statistics, click here.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For the latest Thornton weather forecast for Christmas,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/wx2.php\">check out our forecast page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 558px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.exweather.com\/weather\/dreaming-of-a-white-christmas-new-map-from-noaa-shows-you-your-chances\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"   \" title=\"Historical probability of a white Christmas (at least 1&quot; of snow on the ground).  NOAA \/ NCDC\" src=\"http:\/\/www.climate.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/featured-image\/public\/WhiteChristmasProbabilityBinned_620_hat.jpg?itok=KxdzWPVv\" alt=\"Historical probability of a white Christmas (at least 1&quot; of snow on the ground).  NOAA \/ NCDC\" width=\"558\" height=\"436\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Historical probability of a white Christmas (at least 1&#8243; of snow on the ground). NOAA \/ NCDC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For many, the holiday season isn\u2019t complete without a chill in the air and snow on the ground. Here in Denver we historically enjoy a better chance of experiencing the proverbial white Christmas than many places in the nation. However, how the Mile High City fares in experiencing a white Christmas does depend on your &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/climatology\/white-christmas-in-denver-snow-on-the-holiday-not-particularly-common\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">White Christmas in Denver?  Snow on the holiday not particularly common<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[166,160],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14668"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14668"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14668\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14669,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14668\/revisions\/14669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}