Christmas Eve starts foggy with near-record warmth this — FIRST ALERT WEATHER

Today’s weather is poised to shatter the Christmas Eve record high for the area: 58 degrees in 1964, according to weather records. Some announced plans to grill steaks in the backyard instead of putting a Christmas ham in the oven.

The delightful spring weather may be making it “not feel like Christmas”, but the alternative in other parts of the country is frightful. “Then we will probably get back to normal temperatures in February”.

Not even overcast skies in Philadelphia on Thursday could dampen Michael Craven’s spirits.

All is not lost for winter weather lovers, Martin said.

But from Thunder Bay west, a few people are excited to face a Christmas where you don’t need to spend an hour shovelling snow from the driveway. “You’re still able to eat outside at some of the restaurants”.

On Friday and Saturday, no record high temperatures were broken during the day in Vero Beach, Ulrich said.

But what’s going on in the United States can’t be attributed to El Niño alone.

The warm temperatures did interfere with a Toronto Christmas tradition as the skating rink at Nathan Phillips Square closed down due to the melting ice.

“74 years ago”, he said.

However, the weather service has forecasted some winter weather for the coming days.

“I’d rather it be cold”. “If I never see snow again it’ll be too soon!” “But when we start doing this stuff, it does”.

It’s possible that the temperature could hit a new monthly record on Thursday.

Scattered storms can be expected periodically on Friday, but we’re looking at just an isolated shower/storm this weekend.

Thus far, this New York City December has been 13.1 degrees above normal and is on pace to be the warmest December ever in the city, according to Storm Team 4. In that same period of time, 290 cold temperature records have been set, 143 record cold daily highs and 147 cold nighttime lows, according to data collected by the National Centers for Environmental Information in Asheville, North Carolina.

The National Weather Service says the eastern part of the Puget Sound lowlands could see some snow as an “upper level trough” slowly makes its way east and is replaced by an “upper level ridge”.

It’s expected to reach 74 degrees by 2 p.m. on Thursday.

At 12:01 a.m., NY welcomed the holiday with 65 degree weather, the warmest on record – Christmas Day 1982 was a mere 64 degrees.

Many cities along the East coast are experiencing temperatures Christmas Eve day that are 30 to 40 degrees Fahrenheit higher than usual.

Los Angeles Pedestrians walk under a light rain downtown Los Angeles, Dec. 22, 2015. Both items would come in handy normally in late December, but not this year, when temperatures were expected to rise into the 70s on Thursday. Washington, D.C.’s December will close with similar anomalies.