Festive forecast: Latest bookies odds reveal the chances of Nottinghamshire having a white Christmas in 2025
The odds have been updated with just nine days to go until Christmas Day
With just eight days to go until December 25, many of us are dreaming of a white Christmas.
Here in Nottinghamshire it’s been a mild December so far, with temperatures well above average for this time of year.
But what’s gone before pales into significance when it comes to December weather as attention turns to that all important forecast for December 25.
Waking up to a blanket of snow on Christmas morning is the stuff of dreams, but also quite a rarity here in the UK.
For a Christmas to be considered white, just a single snowflake has to be recorded falling at any point during the 24 hours of December 25 at any of the Met Office's network of around 300 observing stations.
Whilst official white Christmases are quite common, they don’t usually result in widespread snow across the country.
In terms of a ‘proper’ white Christmas, like those snowy scenes you see on cards, the last one of those was in 2010.
But with just over a week to go until the big day, what are the chances of a white Christmas here in Nottinghamshire this year.
What are the chances of a white Christmas in Nottinghamshire for 2025?
A couple of weeks ago we provided you with the odds of a white Christmas in Nottingham courtesy of the good people at William Hill.
On December 3, William Hill’s traders determined that Nottingham had an 18% chance of a white Christmas.
But 13 days on, it looks like the chances of seeing snow on Christmas Day are getting slimmer.
Spokesperson for William Hill, Lee Phelps, said: “With the weather unseasonably mild and only 10 days to go to the big day, the chances of a White Christmas seem to be receding.
“After a cold snap at the end of November we were 9/2 (18% chance) about Nottingham seeing snowfall on Christmas Day, but that’s now drifted out to 7/1 (12.5% chance) and the wait for the first Nottingham White Christmas since 1968 could go on another year.
“Nottingham’s chance of a White Christmas is thought to be much less than other English cities including Newcastle (7/4), Manchester (2/1) and Birmingham (5/1), with Southampton given the same chance as the Midlands city.”