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White Christmas? Not this year
Posted On Dec 26 2015
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Based on Detroit records, the “whitest” Christmas was in 1951 with 13 inches of snow recorded, with 6.2 inches of the snow falling on Christmas day, Deedler wrote. Mike Halpert, deputy director at NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center, said that the warm weather in the Eastern U.S. can not be tied to El Nino just yet.
“Over the past 115 (including 1900) Christmases in Detroit, 54 (47%) have been what would be called “white” with an inch or better of snow on the ground”, wrote National Weather Service historian William Deedler. Forecasters also were expecting wind gusts of up to 45 miles per hour.
These unusual temperatures are likely to stick around through next week.
The high was 72 degrees in New York City today – flawless weather for ice skating in Bryant Park in short-sleeves, or running in the Brooklyn Bridge Park in shorts.
If it does snow on Christmas Day, it will be an uncommon event in Fort Collins.
While the highest low and highest average temperature could not be determined until midnight, weather service meteorologist Kevin Lipton said Thursday afternoon that conditions were on track to break these records.
The sky has cleared out this morning, and we are waking up to near-freezing temperatures.
The unseasonably warm weather is the result of a shift in the jet stream, said Mitch Gilt, a hydrometeorological technician with the National Weather Service office in Binghamton.
A cold front should approach the Valley Monday.
It will be 11 degrees cooler in Los Angeles than NY on Thursday, with a high of 61 degrees.
Want warmer weather? Head to New York City, which is usually in a deep freeze during the holidays.
With the lower Manhattan skyline in the background, Meg Roebling runs through Brooklyn Bridge Park, Thursday, Dec. 24, 2015, in NY.
Boston, New York City, Boston and Buffalo are some of the major cities with record-breaking forecasts for Christmas Eve, according to the Post, and Washington, D.C.’s forecast is expected to break records for both Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.
