{"id":972,"date":"2024-12-08T18:56:09","date_gmt":"2024-12-08T18:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pelenabaster.com\/?p=972"},"modified":"2024-12-08T19:03:03","modified_gmt":"2024-12-08T19:03:03","slug":"white-christmas-in-pelenabaster-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pelenabaster.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/08\/white-christmas-in-pelenabaster-this-year\/","title":{"rendered":"White Christmas in Pelenabaster This Year?!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Ah, the perennial dream of a snow-draped holiday season\u2014a White Christmas in Pelham, Helena and Alabaster. Every December, just as the first twinkle lights grace our windows and pine-scented candles fill our homes, someone asks the magical question: \u201cWill it snow on Christmas?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Let\u2019s cut right to the chase, Pelenabaster. The answer is… drumroll, please… almost certainly no.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Alabama and Snow: A (Mostly) Unrequited Love Story<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Climatology doesn\u2019t exactly have Alabama pegged as a winter wonderland. Our chances of waking up to snowflakes glittering on Christmas morning hover near zero. Historically, Central Alabama, including our beloved Pelenabaster, has had about as much luck with White Christmases as a snowman in July. Even Birmingham, just a stone\u2019s throw away, has never<\/em> officially reported measurable snow on Christmas Day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But wait\u2014there\u2019s a glimmer of hope for the romantics among us. In 2010, a rare Christmas snowfall dusted parts of North and Central Alabama. While Birmingham itself missed the mark thanks to the Urban Heat Island effect, nearby areas outside the city limits got a magical (albeit brief) taste of winter. Anniston even measured a whole inch at the airport!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other near misses in Alabama\u2019s history include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n