It’s the warmest Christmas Eve in NYC history

Christmas Day will be a bit cooler with a high of 60 degrees and mostly sunny skies, followed by a low of 39 degrees that night with a chance of precipitation after midnight.

A cold rain is falling in Seattle, each succeeding storm adding a foot of snow in the Cascades, but the East Coast and even the upper Midwest will be balmy this Christmas. Along the 1,200 miles between Florida and New England, temperatures are expected to hit at least 70 degrees in most locations, more reminiscent of May than December. For December, average temperatures just over 50 degrees are about 12 degrees above normal.

Want warmer weather? Head to New York City, which is usually in a deep freeze during the holidays.

It’s also worth noting that parts of Canada, Asia and Europe are experiencing record high temperatures this winter as well.

The temperature was the highest for the day since records began 140 years ago and just one degree lower than during the Fourth of July break this summer.

The temperature is expected to reach 68 degrees. The most snow already on the ground for Christmas Day was a whopping 14 inches in 1969.

Not only have the daytime temperatures been warm, but the nighttime lows in many locations have been running 10 degrees above the normal daily high temperature.

It’s been 38 years since a full moon occurred on Christmas and it won’t happen again until 2034.

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

But snow measurements were still higher in some parts of the region on December 25, 2000.

Have a Merry Christmas Eve and Christmas Day! Portions of Interstate 5, the main highway on the West Coast, were to become blanketed with snow and ice Thursday night into Friday morning, the Los Angeles Times reported. NY and Washington are expected to set records.

In Phoenix, Arizona, it’s only 64 degrees – chilly for a state that boasts year-round sun and warm weather.