People are going insane by the lack of snow but the statistics show that it isn't really that uncommon in southern and western Finland at least. The map by the Finnish Meteorological Institute shows the probability of white Christmas in different parts of Finland from 1990 to 2020.

They also have other data of weather on Christmas: https://www.ilmatieteenlaitos.fi/joulunaika

Translation of the legend:
White Christmas
Almost every Christmas white
8 to 9 out of 10 Christmas white
6 to 8 out of 10 Christmas white
Every other Christmas white

by V8-6-4

7 comments

  1. That’s interesting. I remember seeing black and white footage of the Helsinki harbor freezing, and people walking out on the ice, so I wonder how recent this trend is.

  2. Very different graph, when you misread “valkea” to be “vaikea”

  3. Born and raised in eastern Finland this is first time in my almost 40 year life that i witnessed snowless christmas in here. During this winter it has snowed only twice, this isn’t normal.

  4. There’s been Decembers with not a lot of snow and Christmases.

    There’s been enough snow that Santa has been able to deliver his gifts to the kids with his “sled” since 2014 here. In 2013 there was loskapaska for 24th so Santa stopped by in a Volvo.

    There hasn’t been a Christmas entirely without snow in my life here. It was +4C° yesterday and +6C° today. It’s been over 30 years since the last time there wasn’t ice for ice swimming in the swimming hole for Christmas according to the old guys I met on the cemetary.

  6. In Turku we only got snow literally for the 24th lol. Shit December overall, but the Eve came in clutch

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