Sorry, kids, no snow this year

Well, we shouldn't be surpised, but the kid in each one of us can be a little disappointed to hear that snow is not predicted to make another Christmas Eve or Christmas Day appearance this year. Houstonist was really looking forward to making a two-foot-tall snow man. (Would that be a snow little person? A snow dwarf?)

Last year, we received our first December snow since 1989. We don't get many encounters with Old Man Winter — though more than you'd probably expect. According to the National Weather Service, Houston sees freezing temperatures, on average, once every five years. The coldest it's ever gotten? 11 degrees in 1983, though it didn't snow then. Forecasters who spoke with the Chronicle said we can expect temperatures in the 20s as winter progresses and as more cold fronts reach down this far.

For an interesting survey of Christmastime weather, check out the local NWS site dedicated to that. Don't miss its report on The Great Christmas Eve Snow Storm of 2004.

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Photo courtesy of the National Weather Service