Newswise — Jessica Spaccio, a climatologist with the NOAA-funded Northeast Regional Climate Center at Cornell University, crunched numbers from over 50 years of winters – including El Niño winters ¬– to calculate which cities will see a white Christmas this year.

Media Note: Charts comparing snowfall in the northeast can be downloaded from: www.cornell.box.com/WhiteChristmas2015

Spaccio says:

“There is a 90 percent probability of above normal temperatures for the entire Northeast this Christmas. This will likely keep most areas seeing green instead of white this holiday season.

“Historically Atlantic City and Central Park are the only weather stations to have a higher probability of snow during El Niño years.”

City % of white ChristmasEl Niño Decembers % of white ChristmasAll DecembersBridgeport, Conn. 18 22Hartford, Conn. 27 41Dulles Airport, Va. 11 13Washington D.C. 9 9Wilmington, Del. 14 14Boston, Mass. 18 21Worcester, Mass. 42 56Baltimore, Md. 9 11Caribou, Maine 91 91Portland, Maine 59 62Concord, N.H. 68 70Pinkham Notch, N.H. 90 93Atlantic City, N.J. 9 7Newark, N.J. 9 18Albany, N.Y. 41 45Binghamton, N.Y. 55 64Buffalo, N.Y. 41 60Central Park, N.Y. 14 13Islip, N.Y. 11 15Ithaca, N.Y. 43 60Kennedy Airport, N.Y. 11 14LaGuardia Airport, N.Y. 9 11Rochester, N.Y. 41 57Syracuse, N.Y. 45 66Watertown, N.Y. 58 75Allentown, Pa. 23 29Harrisburg, Pa. 18 28Pittsburgh, Pa. 27 31Scranton, Pa. 27 31Williamsport, Pa. 27 37Providence, R.I. 14 23Burlington, Vt. 59 71Beckley, W.Va. 29 34Charleston, W.Va. 14 22Elkins, W.Va. 14 22Huntington, W.Va. 10 15

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