BUTLER COUNTY — Only one in five winters in the Cincinnati region include a white Christmas, according to weather forecasters.

And this year is not expected to be one of them. Much of the week includes a chance of rain with high temperatures in the 40s, according to the National Weather Service in Wilmington.

There’s a 30 percent chance for a rain and snow mixture on Sunday, but with warmer temperatures, nothing is expected to stick, according to the weather service.

Meteorologist Darren Snively said normal weather conditions for the Cincinnati region on Christmas are highs in the upper 30s and about two-tenths an inch of snow.

“It’ll be a little warmer this year,” Snively said, noting that there’s a pretty good chance of rain today, but it will taper off.

The majority of the week’s precipitation fell during the first half with about half an inch on Monday and Tuesday, according to estimates by Snively.

Snively said there’s a slight chance for rain Thursday evening amounting to a tenth-inch.

“There have been measurable snowfall 25 times in the past 118 years on Christmas day,” he said.

No amount of measurable snowfall has been recorded so far this fall, Snively said, and the official winter solstice begins Thursday.

The region though has seen its wettest year on record since 1871. As of Monday, 70.84 inches of rain have fallen — the prior record being 57.58 inches in 1990.