had the second least expansive Christmas snow cover since 2012, with just 26.5% of the Lower 48 covered in snow. That snow cover did extend farther south than typically is expected into the southern Appalachians.had snow on the ground on Christmas morning in 2017. That year, snow covered the northern tier as expected and reached portions of the Central Plains, Midwest and Northeast.
Last Christmas, Albany and Syracuse had an inch of snow on the ground Christmas morning, making it an official white Christmas. Most of the region didn't see a white Christmas last year because the snow was confined to the northern Great Lakes. Marquette, Michigan, observed 5 inches of snow on the ground with a trace of snow falling on Christmas.Duluth, Minnesota, and Pierre, South Dakota, have had more than 2 feet of snow on the ground on Christmas. There was no white Christmas in Pierre last year, but Duluth experienced a white Christmas with an inch on the ground. The record in Wichita, Kansas, is 4 inches .
In Alaska, Anchorage and Fairbanks unsurprisingly both saw a white Christmas last year, with 13 inches and 21 inches on the ground, respectively.Christmas snow cover isn't just a northern thing. Some years, parts of the southern U.S. have marveled at the sight of a white Christmas. But it's been more than 10 years since a white Christmas was observed in most of the South.In 2020, a white Christmas was observed in Knoxville, Tennessee, and Roanoke, Virginia .
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