The typical low for this time of year is 25. The cold and dry weather is expected to persist through the weekend, with mostly sunny skies for Christmas day, and Saturday. The advisory is scheduled to be in effect from 10 p.m. Thursday to noon Friday. The record high today is 75 degrees, set in 1931, but we will break that.
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But he said the warm weather doesn’t portend mild temperatures until spring.
High temperature records also tumbled across upstate NY as Buffalo, Rochester and Syracuse topped 60 degrees.
Claire Tiedemann plays on the beach in Manasquan, N.J., on a warm Christmas Eve on Thursday, Dec. 24, 2015.
Meteorologists are pointing to El Niño as the primary cause of the higher-than-average temperatures.
If you haven’t noticed already, there’s no shot in hell of a white Christmas on the East Coast this year.
Overall, this December may be one of the warmest on record, the National Weather Service’s David Stark said, with the average temperature at 50 degrees.
Environment Canada has forecasted highs of 16 degrees today in Montreal, Ottawa, and Toronto, while parts of the Maritimes will get up to 13.
And the temperature is expected to drop even more on Christmas, with a high of 56.
This morning is yet another very warm and muggy start as most spots are struggling to get much below the 70 degree mark.
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Catching the tail-end of Storm Eva, Christmas is going to be mild and damp in the city and surrounding areas with not a flake of snow in sight. Since Saturday has only a 20% chance of rain, I think highs could easily be the warmest of the week with an 81 or 82 degree reading possible.
