Alabama has unseasonably warm Christmas Eve

For Christmas Day, the weather service said high temperatures should be around 35 degrees, with winds of five miles per hour to 10 miles per hour.

On Christmas Eve, more than 75 of the 236 “first-order” weather observing sites in the contiguous 48 states were in range to hit record-high temperatures for that day, according to computer modeling, with a slightly smaller number in that situation Friday. Some of the previous records went back to the 1880s. The forecast for Christmas Day was a high of 71 degrees, 27 degrees above the average for the past 15 years.

And while the calendar says winter, these unseasonably warm temperatures are likely to stick around into next week.

The warmer temperatures are attributed to the El Nino weather pattern and may linger into January. The typical Christmas Day in our area is cloudy with frosty mornings and lows around 30 degrees.

National Weather Service meteorologist Carlie Buccola said 72 degrees was only 3 degrees cooler than it was on July Fourth.

Santa was delivering presents in his shorts on Christmas as temperatures in the city reached record highs.

These warm temperatures have shut down numerous usual winter activities, while summer attractions stay open longer.

A line stretched out the door in the late afternoon at a frozen yogurt shop on Manhattan’s Upper East Side.

Claire Tiedemann plays on the beach in Manasquan, N.J., on a warm Christmas Eve on Thursday, Dec. 24, 2015.

One of the youngest victims was a 7-year-old boy in Holly Springs, Mississippi, who was killed in a van as storms engulfed the town, officials said.

“We probably will see more of the same heading into next month”, Thompson said.

It is expected to be 65 in the Big Apple on Christmas day while the City of Angels is forecast to have daytime temperatures in the 50s to low 60s. There’s a high-pressure ridge over the East Coast that is causing the warm temperatures.

In parts of the USA accustomed to cozying up to the fireplace this time of year, it’s going to feel more like summer thanks to more record-breaking holiday heat.