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- Bookmakers now make it 4/5 that a White Christmas happens this year from 2/1
- It's 2/1 that this October is the coldest on record
- How do the Met Office define a White Christmas?
Bookmakers now make it 4/5 that a White Christmas happens this year from 2/1
The chance of a White Christmas this year has strengthened according to bookmakers who now make it 4/5 from 2/1 that it happens this year.
According to the betting odds, there's now a 55% chance that we see a White Christmas with a cold October on the cards ahead of the Winter period.
Coral have slashed the odds from 2/1 to 4/5 that we see snow on Christmas Day this year.
The last widespread White Christmas we had in the UK was back in 2010 with snow or sleet at 83% of the recording stations.
It's 2/1 that this October is the coldest on record
Bookmakers now make it 2/1 that this October is the coldest that we see on record with a 33% chance of it happening according to the odds.
Coral go 6/4 that snow falls at some point this month too with cold weather expected throughout the month of October.
The coldest October recorded in the UK was back in 1948 with -11.7°c in Dalwhinnie (Highland) the current coldest October day.
| Cold Weather Betting | Odds | Probability |
|---|---|---|
| Christmas Day 2022 to be a White Christmas | 4/5 | 55.6% |
| October 2022 to have snow fall | 6/4 | 40.0% |
| October 2022 to be coldest on record | 2/1 | 33.3% |
Will It Snow In The UK This Christmas (White Christmas Odds)
How do the Met Office define a White Christmas?
A White Christmas used to be defined as if snow fell at the Met Office in London, but this has since changed to a variety of stations across the UK.
'The definition that the Met Office uses to define a White Christmas is for one Snowflake to be observed falling in the 24 hours of 25th December,' according to the Met Office themselves.
The last time there were widespread recordings of snow on the ground in the UK on Christmas Day was way back in 2010, so 11 years on there could well be a chance of snowfall on Christmas Day.
