Baltimore gets a White Christmas only one year out of every decade, on average, and this is not that year.
Wet, mild weather is forecast for the days leading up to the holiday, including Christmas Eve. While things should dry out for Christmas, temperatures will still be well above normal.
An inch to an inch and a half of rain is possible from Monday through early Christmas morning. And temperatures could near 60 degrees on Christmas Eve, expected to hit the lower 50s on Christmas Day. That is 10-15 degrees above normal for this time of year.
Wet weather is forecast up and down the East Coast on Christmas Eve, with thunderstorms possible in the Southeast and rain into New England. Snow is meanwhile expected over the Great Lakes and parts of the Midwest.
According to the National Weather Service's Baltimore/Washington forecast office, there is only a 10 percent chance of measurable snow falling on Christmas Day. The odds are slightly better, about 20 percent, if you count it as a White Christmas if snow was already on the ground on Christmas.