It’s beginning to look a lot like spring? Above-average temps could bring record-warm Christmas to Lower 48

When we deliberation of Christmas, we often representation frigid temperatures and snowfall — adjacent successful warmer states that don’t typically spot overmuch of either. But this year, it genuinely is opening to look a batch similar spring.

A ample ridge of precocious unit volition settee implicit the Central U.S. causing astir 280 cardinal Americans to acquisition above-average temperatures done Christmas, arsenic the warmer upwind signifier persists crossed overmuch of the Lower 48. More than 40 cities crossed 12 states are poised to scope their warmest Christmas connected grounds this Thursday.

Potential grounds highs this week crossed Lower 48 

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Monday kicks disconnected the vacation week with the bulk of the vigor focused crossed the West, with cities similar Denver and Phoenix flirting betwixt temperatures successful the 70s and 80s. This is much than 20 to 30 degrees supra mean for precocious December.

Temperature departures Monday done Wednesday

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By Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, the grounds warmth volition dispersed crossed the Central Plains, impacting dozens of states from Idaho and Illinois and down into Texas. 

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Highs volition apt beryllium successful the 70s to 80s, stretching from Arizona done Texas and Oklahoma, with implicit 40 locations having the imaginable to scope grounds precocious temperatures done Christmas Day and immoderate to scope the top-10 warmest December time territory arsenic well. 

Potential grounds highs for the Central U.S. connected Christmas 

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Specifically, cities specified arsenic Tulsa, Oklahoma City and respective locations successful Texas could spot grounds precocious temperatures. Oklahoma City, successful particular, whitethorn besides grounds its seventh-warmest time successful December, with highs reaching the mid to precocious 70s.

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According to the FOX Forecast Center, passim this vacation week, much than 100 grounds highs volition beryllium challenged, including astatine slightest six that are implicit 100 years aged for Christmas. The lukewarm upwind signifier volition proceed aft the holiday, too, with the halfway of the warmth centered implicit the Central U.S. still.