Christmas Eve Temperatures Hit Record High

Stephen Malloney, a pediatrician from Myrtle Beach, S.C., visiting his family for the holidays, plays golf during an unusually warm winter day Thursday, Dec. 24, 2015, in Warwick, R.I.

With temperatures poised to possibly hit the 60-degree mark on Christmas Day this Friday, there seems little chance for a white Christmas this year in Southeast Missouri.

Have a Merry Christmas Eve and Christmas Day!

In an online report, meteorologist William Deedler said the outlooks for snow on Friday “is lower than average, given the sustained warm temperatures”.

A high of 15 C at 4:30 a.m. shattered the previous mark of 12.2 C set in 1964, and it might not end there. More rain is expected Sunday and Monday, which will result in an increased risk of flooding.

It’s Christmas Eve, and the forecasted high is 73 degrees with a chance of flooding.

This Christmas the National Weather Service forecasts partly sunny conditions, with a high temperature of 46 degrees and a low of 36.

The weather service at Binghamton says 64 percent of our Christmas Days have an inch or more of snow on the ground.

Seto said the light rainfall is normal for this time of year.

Temperatures across Alabama and the rest of the South are unseasonably warm for Christmas Eve.

Trenton broke its record high of 63 degrees, set past year and in 1990, as the clock struck midnight this morning with the temperature reading 69 degrees. ABC 13 meteorologist Travis Herzog said the temperature did reach 83 degrees. High temperatures are only projected to climb into the high 40’s to mid 50’s in the valley, and into the 31 to 37 degree range in the mountains. The maximum wind speed was estimated to be 70 miles per hour.

Forecasters said El Nino, the warming of the Pacific Ocean near the equator, is driving warm air eastward and keeping cold air from the Arctic at bay.

Rupert Warwick, of Cornwall in the United Kingdom, said the temperatures were similar to what he was used to in December in the southwest of England.