It has been a full 15 years since all of Sweden was able to enjoy a white Christmas, according to a compilation from SMHI.
In southern Sweden, winter takes a while to stabilize and the weather is often mild for much of December. But in 2010, it was a truly white Christmas throughout the country.
At that time, all SMHI stations reported at least one decimeter of snow. In Lund, for example, which celebrates nine Christmases out of ten without snow, a full 32 centimeters of snow were measured.
In general, the chances of a white Christmas are decreasing in southern Sweden. During the second half of the 20th century, about every other Christmas was covered in snow in the inner parts of Götaland and northwards. Nowadays, this applies almost only to central Norrland and northwards.
This year there is bare ground throughout southern Sweden, even far up the Norrland coast. Only in northern Dalarna and upwards is there a snow cover worth mentioning.
