Northern Canada and much of inland Alaska are almost guaranteed to have a white Thanksgiving. Parts of the upper Midwest, northern Great Lakes and far northern New England have the best odds in the Lower 48.The West Coast, South and much of the East Coast have a very low probability of Turkey Day snow. Snow coverage across the Lower 48 during the past five years has ranged from 8 to 33%. If you want to see snow on 90 to 100% of Thanksgivings, you should spend it in northern Canada. Much of inland Alaska will also suffice. Fairbanks, Alaska, for example, had a white Thanksgiving each of the past 88 years through 2018. Thanksgiving 2014 had the most widespread snow coverage in the past five years at 33.2%. The lowest snow coverage on Thanksgiving Day in the last five years was 2017 at just 8% across the Lower 48. Most of the snow cover was confined to the Rockies, Cascades and Sierra Nevada.
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