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Record heat to hit East Coast on Christmas Eve

So we can pretty much rule out a white Christmas this year.

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Unusual as it might be, it’s going to feel like spring on Christmas Eve in the midstate.

Tonight the rain will briefly taper off and temperatures will drop into the mid-50s.

If Frank Loesser were writing his classic Christmas tune today instead of in 1944, he might have called it “Baby, It’s (Not So) Cold Outside”, given the record warm temperatures. Friday night and into the weekend we’ll get some more scattered showers.

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But the Antelope Valley is in for cold snap and possibly a white Christmas, the NWS said. Behind the front, lows will fall into the upepr 30s to low 40s with highs in the low to mid 50s Monday. Temperatures in Danbury reached 68 degrees.

Another round of heavy rain Tuesday night could bring more flooding