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In the United States, the official definition of a white Christmas is that there has to be a snow depth of at least 1 in or 2.5 cm on the ground on 25 December in the contiguous United States, [4] and in Canada the official definition is that there has to be more than 2 cm (0.79 in) on the ground on Christmas Day. [5]
Snow even settled in Central London, causing travel disruptions to the city's Underground system and airports. This was the coldest December recorded in the UK since 1890. The lowest temperature of the winter so far is −21.2 °C (−6.2 °F) recorded at Altnaharra in the Scottish Highlands at 10 am on 2 December.
On the 20th, the December record low of -16.5 °C (2.3 °F) was set with great distance (previously -13.9 °C), and also overall the lowest temperature measured since 1979 [10] On 20 December in the Netherlands, the Royal Dutch Meteorological Institute issued an official weather alarm for the entire country following heavy snowfall (15–20 cm ...
Christmas gift-bringers in Europe. This is a list of Christmas and winter gift-bringer figures from around the world. The history of mythical or folkloric gift-bringing figures who appear in winter, often at or around the Christmas period, is complex, and in many countries the gift-bringer – and the gift-bringer's date of arrival – has changed over time as native customs have been ...
Synoptic snow storms tend to be large and complex, with many possible factors affecting the development of thundersnow. The best location in a storm to find thundersnow is typically in its NorthWest quadrant (in the Northern Hemisphere , based on observations in the Midwestern United States ), within what is known as the "comma head" of a ...
Over the last 128 years, only 13 Decembers had less snow than this one. ... With a mean monthly temperature of 38.9 degrees, this December is set to be one of the warmest, according to climate ...
Christmas carols are not celebrated in Poland until during-and-after the Christmas Vigil Mass called "Pasterka" held between 24 and 25 of December. [7] The Christmas season often runs until February 2. The early hymns sung in the Catholic church were brought to Poland by the Franciscan Brothers in the Middle Ages. The early Christmas music was ...
December 10 is the 344th day of the year ... 1942 – World War II: Government of Poland in exile send Raczyński's Note (the first official report on the Holocaust) ...