Could Shreveport, Louisiana Get A White Christmas?

☃️Has Shreveport Ever Had a White Christmas?

☃️What's the Christmas Forecast for This Year?

SHREVEPORT, LA – I am completely fine with cold weather this time of year. There’s just something special about chilly weather at Christmas. It sure would be special to see a little snow for Christmas, but that’s not very common around these parts.

As we see temperatures dipping into the 30's this week, I wondered if there is any chance we could have a white Christmas in north Louisiana. The answer to that is no.

Craig Ross with the Shreveport office of the National Weather Service tells us historical data shows we have only 1 white Christmas on record. That happened in 1929 when our area got about a foot of snow during the week prior to Christmas. On Christmas, we still had about an inch of snow on the ground way back in that day.

He tells us there was also a trace of snow falling in the area on Christmas evening in 2002.

The National Weather Service Climatological data shows we have had a trace of snow or sleet on a couple of other occasions in the Shreveport Bossier area:

But none of this winter precipitation stuck on the ground at all.

On average, Shreveport gets about 1 inch of snow per year.

What Does the Weather Look Like for Christmas Week in Shreveport?

December 20^th Sunny with a high of 55 and a low of 33

December 21^st Sunny with a high of 54 and a low of 34

December 22^nd Sunny with a high of 57 and a low of 38

December 23^rd Partly Cloudy with a high of 62 and a low of 40

December 24^th Partly Cloudy with a high of 63 and a low of 43

December 25^th Partly Cloudy with a high of 64 and a low of 47

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