It's going to be a warm Christmas this year, but could you see a white Christmas?

Christmas Day may set records for warmth across the U.S. this year, but for some parts of the county, you may still have a shot at a white Christmas.

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00:00If you're wondering, are you going to see a white Christmas?

00:02Well, here's our brand new AccuWeather exclusive outlook here

00:06for the probability of a white Christmas in 2024.

00:09Now, when we say white Christmas, we mean an inch of snow

00:12on the ground on Christmas morning.

00:14So here's the overall setup and the way the forecast

00:16is going to shake out the probability.

00:18If you want to see a white Christmas,

00:20you either have to go north or the you have to go to higher elevation

00:23because here's the setup.

00:24We're going to see a pretty good chance of a white Christmas

00:27here across the Northern Plains, the Great Lakes and into the Northeast.

00:30And we're also going to see a really good chance of a white Christmas

00:32here across the Rockies and the Northwest Cascades

00:36and the Sierra Mountain Ranges.

00:37So that's where it looks like

00:38we're going to see the highest probability of a white Christmas.

00:41Even across the high plains, we'll see a low chance, not zero,

00:44but a low chance there of a white Christmas there as we head into Wednesday.

00:48Here's the setup for Christmas Eve.

00:49It's primarily going to be about rain and storms here

00:52across the Southern Plains into the Mid-South, but we will see

00:54some ongoing snowfall here across the Northeast with some showers

00:58and then the snowfall across the Northwest.

01:00Temperature wise here for Christmas Eve, very mild.

01:02We'll even see some 70s across southern Texas

01:05and we'll see some freezing temperatures across the Northern Plains.

01:08But as we head into the big day, Christmas Day, here's the updated look.

01:11We'll see some storms here across the Gulf Coast.

01:14We'll see some rainfall extending across the Mississippi into the Ohio Valley.

01:18And yes, we'll see some lingering snowfall across the Northeast.

01:21But overall, the snow will start to taper off.

01:23But the one thing I want to point out here for Christmas Day,

01:25this could be tracking as a record-breaking Christmas for warmth for some areas.

01:30In fact, as you look at the highs for Christmas Day,

01:32it is going to be difficult to find an area that has highs below freezing here.

01:37It's going to be a very mild Christmas Day here forecast for us.

01:39That's why it's not looking like a good chance of snowfall here

01:42across at least the lower 48.

01:44Stay right here with AccuWeather ahead.

01:45We'll have more updates coming up right after this.