While there’s still plenty of time for the weather forecast to change, Vancouver won’t be having a white Christmas but a bright and potentially warmer-than-average one this winter.
According to the 14-day forecast from The Weather Network (TWN), Christmas Day is set to be a beautiful sunny one, with a high of 7˚C.
The Weather Network calls this system of warmth “abnormal” and “unusual.”
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For those expecting beach weather, it won’t get as warm as it will in some parts of Canada. In some locales, The Weather Network expects a 20-degree temperature anomaly.
In Vancouver, TWN doesn’t even call for freezing temperatures, and overnight temps are expected only to go as low as 5˚C.
For anyone hoping for a white Christmas in Vancouver, there isn’t even a centimetre of snow in the holiday weather forecast. The most precipitation that The Weather Network expects is around 7 mm of rain for the week.
The Weather Network
According to meteorologist Tyler Hamilton, Vancouver hasn’t seen all that many snowless winters since the 1940s.
A look at past snowless winter seasons at @yvrairport: pic.twitter.com/quCM9EgwEQ
— Tyler Hamilton (@50ShadesofVan) December 11, 2023
He also suggests there’s an El Nino connection.
Here’s the El Niño connection: pic.twitter.com/fGSV4ED2hy
— Tyler Hamilton (@50ShadesofVan) December 11, 2023