Record-breaking warmth in Christmas Eve forecast

It’s a pattern “like you would see more typically in summertime”, he added, “so you’re getting this very warm, mild and humid air into parts of the Southeast”.

“I came here with my daughter expecting to have that typical New York Christmas, which would be cold, snow, frosty weather”, he said. Highs of 73 degrees are forecast in both Washington and New York City.

While warm, 58 degrees would fall short of the record Christmas day high temperature of 66 degrees.

In Islip on Long Island, a record 64 degrees topped the previous record of 56 degrees, set past year.

It wasn’t just NY.

The record warmth is attributable to a flow of air sourced straight from the tropics.

The records date back to 1869. Temperatures on Thursday were in the upper 60s to near 70 – easily surpassing the previous record high for any December 24 of 59 degrees, set in 1941.

A record high temperature could still be on the way this December. December 2015 has already been the warmest December on record. It was almost 50 degrees in Moscow this week, with puddles, not ice, surrounding the Kremlin.

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

This week’s warm weather is nothing new. Meanwhile, on the West Coast, there’s a low-pressure trough and plenty of snow coming down.

There has been snowfall on only about 6 percent of Christmas Days over a 123 year record, according to the NWS. The record for the holiday is 63 degrees, Brown said.

Friday Night: A chance of showers.

The weather service issued a hazardous weather outlook that includes the San Fernando, Santa Clarita, Antelope and San Gabriel valleys because of the unsettled conditions.

By the time the storm clears out Saturday, Flagstaff will have received between 2 and 4 inches of snow, according to the Weather Service. “(We) are prepared to respond to any request for assistance”. As of 1 p.m.it was 71 in the state’s capital.

And actually, that is the case more often than not in this area.

For the weekend, a new storm takes shape for the Plains, along with colder temperatures.