{"id":17109,"date":"2016-12-19T21:06:59","date_gmt":"2016-12-20T04:06:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/?p=17109"},"modified":"2016-12-20T05:40:19","modified_gmt":"2016-12-20T12:40:19","slug":"a-white-christmas-in-thornton-chances-not-great-but-not-bad-either","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/thornton-weather\/a-white-christmas-in-thornton-chances-not-great-but-not-bad-either\/","title":{"rendered":"A white Christmas in Thornton? Chances not great but not bad either"},"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\">For a complete look at Denver\u2019s Christmas weather statistics, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_17110\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17110\" style=\"width: 559px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/WhiteChristmasProbabilityLinear_620.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-17110\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/WhiteChristmasProbabilityLinear_620-590x461.jpg\" alt=\"Historical Probability of a White Christmas. (NOAA)\" width=\"559\" height=\"437\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/WhiteChristmasProbabilityLinear_620-590x461.jpg 590w, https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/WhiteChristmasProbabilityLinear_620-300x234.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/WhiteChristmasProbabilityLinear_620-450x351.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/WhiteChristmasProbabilityLinear_620.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 559px) 100vw, 559px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17110\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Historical Probability of a White Christmas. (NOAA)<\/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\/thornton-weather\/a-white-christmas-in-thornton-chances-not-great-but-not-bad-either\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">A white Christmas in Thornton? Chances not great but not bad either<\/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":[7],"tags":[166,160],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17109"}],"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=17109"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17109\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17111,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17109\/revisions\/17111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}