White Christmas? It could happen in Puget Sound area

The coldest Christmas Days in Washington include 1983 when it was 3 degrees, and in 1989 when the temperature only reached 11 degrees. Well, maybe there will be a little bit of hail.

The record low for Christmas Day in Calgary was -35 C in 1886, he said. El Nino also brought deadly tornadoes to the South and heavy snow to parts of the West. But we’re on the other side of the weather system and it has left us with temperatures well above normal. “That will continue, although we will have slightly more seasonal temperatures Friday and into the weekend”.

Golfers took advantage of the warm weather at the course next to the park. The unusually warm weather brought a record high for Wednesday at 65 degrees, breaking the previous mark of 61 set in 1933.

As of Thursday, the water content of the state’s snowpack was 110% of average for the date. Southwest wind 8 to 17 miles per hour, with gusts as high as 29 miles per hour.

The average high temperature for Christmas here is 72 degrees. Mostly cloudy overnight with a low around 37.

It will be mostly cloudy Friday for Christmas Day with a high of 53.

The weather on Christmas Eve is going to be otherwise cloudy, with a 50 percent chance of some light rain. Temperatures normally climb into the mid-40s during the day, according to the weather service. And setting an all-time record high for the month is just a few bursts of sunshine away.

Fall and winter have been very mild on the US East Coast so far this season, much to the dismay of stores selling coats, scarves and gloves.

Meteorologists say there is a 100 percent chance of rain Wednesday night in Star Lake and Gouverneur, with 90 percent odds in Massena, Potsdam, Canton and Ogdensburg.

The rain band should continue to pull north on Saturday and eventually stall. “The jet stream allows warm air to stream up into our area”, Gilt said.