White Christmas: Breakdown: Why a white Christmas is rare in the Mid-South

There were a few other times when snow was on the ground Christmas morning but fell in previous storms.

The storm that produced the greatest amount of snow on the ground was 1963 when 10 inches covered the city Christmas morning.

In 1962 and 2004 both years had 2 inches of snow on the ground, and in 1998 there was 1 inch on the ground and traces of snow on Christmas mornings in 1897,1966, 1980, and 1990.