Night Elf Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 The weather forecast for my area is about 74 for Christmas Eve and Day. The record was set in the mid-80s at 72 degrees. The forecast also said such a high temperature could result in thunderstorms. So it looks like we may have a wet, warm holiday. It feels strange not to have to wear a jacket outside. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 That is unsettling :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomtoCandJ Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 We don't have any snow, it surely doesn't feel like Christmas here. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluegoat Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 It is supposed to be 10 or 12 C this CHristmas here, in Nova Scotia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happi duck Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 The not cold, not snowy weather is getting to me. Winter is my favorite season. :( 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Florida. Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 Warm weather is normal for Christmas. Occasionally we'll get a cold spell but that's unusual. Still, even our normally warm December has been about 10 degrees above normal. The Christmas forecast is for 83. Average is 72. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pawz4me Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 The not cold, not snowy weather is getting to me. Winter is my favorite season. :( Same here. I don't like it one little bit. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcadia Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 (edited) It is 57degF/14degC here and I am all bundled up outside the library waiting for opening time because my youngest has a free class there. It is raining since before dawn. Edited December 22, 2015 by Arcadia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEmama Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 Christmas Eve is forecast to be nearly 60 here on the Maine coast. After last winter, I'm big puffy hearting El Niño! We'll get plenty of cold and snow. I'm in no hurry this year. :) 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommy22alyns Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 I love winter, and I can't get "into" Christmas if it's warm. We've been using the AC in our house frequently this month, and I'm about to turn it on again. I should not be sweating in my sleep because it's so warm!! 74 for Christmas Eve, 70 Christmas Day, and 74 again the day after! :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kewb Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 It is unseasonably warm here, too. I don't mind not having any snow yet but 57 degrees in December is just weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjzimmer1 Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 I'm jealous. We are much warmer than usual here too but our forecast is upper 30's and low 40's for Christmas. I hate snow and I love thunderstorms. I would be thrilled to sit and watch thunderstorms on Christmas Day but it will be much too cold for us for that to happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeWillSoar Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 I'm dreaming of a white Christmas! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxbridgeacademy Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 I hate Winter (I want to move back South) and I'm very happy for the fact that we have yet to have any snow. I lived here, in Southern Indiana, growing up and I remember we always had snow by mid-November or earlier. We've yet to have a single snowflake (there was a bit just North of us beginning of December) and I'm dreading January. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Marmalade Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 I am absolutely loving this weather. I hate winter and hibernate as much as I can. I do feel a little bad for all those who rely on the snow to make a living. I just hope that this mild beginning to winter doesn't mean that it's going to hang on longer on the other end. I'm absolutely thrilled at the thought that winter could mostly be just January and February this year. We've had snow as late as May in recent years. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluegoat Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 We also had incredible, horrible , snow last year, and I am glad we haven't seen to much yet, on a personal level. I was, I think, quite traumatized. But - I know the effects of warnmer weather further north have become rather serious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wintermom Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 (edited) I'm loving the mild weather! Without snow and freezing rain the driving is safer and easier, I don't have to let the vehicle warm up, brush off snow, chip off ice, etc., etc. Walking and running is so much nicer for me and my dogs - who suffer from all the salt used to melt ice. I'm completely thrilled with a warm (possible +14C!!) and green Christmas - as there WILL be plenty of snow and ice in the next 3 months. ;) Edited December 22, 2015 by wintermom 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 (edited) We are still in the -5 to -10 Celsius range. Oh well. I'd love it to warm up a few degrees and snow. Edited December 22, 2015 by Arctic Mama Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILiveInFlipFlops Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 It should be in the upper 60s/low 70s and rainy here as well, and in my MIL's already overheated city apartment on Christmas Day, it's going to be absolutely tropical. I swear I'm wearing capris and flip flops. On a very superficial level, it's disappointing. But yeah, on a deeper level, it's kind of scary! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linders Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 (edited) Supposed to be 81 - yes, eighty-one degrees!!! - here on Christmas. And thunderstorms. It is normally mid-50's, still not a Norman-Rockwell Christmas enough but tolerable. Pulling out a dressy summer blouse for the Christmas service. The piles of sweaters at the mall sit there, neglected by shoppers. ETA: I dislike very warm weather and hate warm Christmases. Edited December 23, 2015 by linders Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UCF612 Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 I'm in FL and it's going to be a hot Christmas. I like a cool, slightly cold Christmas. Wish a cold front was coming! I'm used to it not being COLD on Christmas but a chill in the air would be nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Word Nerd Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 We had a record-breaking amount of snow recently that has finally melted off. I won't mind having a warmer Christmas at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ausmumof3 Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 We just had 4 days over 40 (104) in December which is a record here. We often have heatwaves but not this early in the summer. The hottest of the 4 days was 43.5 (110). An earlier heatwave is more risky for bushfires because there is more feed and crop left on the ground for fuel. My dad likes to point out they have to go back to 1800s to find the last similar day to break the record. He thinks the hot weather is part of natural patterns and warming has been happening gradually for a long time and not a recent event. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arctic Bunny Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 -16C here, and enough snow, thank you very much! Lots of fog today, which is weird... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEmama Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 My dad likes to point out they have to go back to 1800s to find the last similar day to break the record. He thinks the hot weather is part of natural patterns and warming has been happening gradually for a long time and not a recent event. In North America anyway, the unusual weather patterns this year are caused by El Niño, a normal cycle of Pacific Ocean currents. That's not to say global warming isn't a concern, but it's not the cause of what we're experiencing here this season. I don't know if it's a worldwide phenomenon or not. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ausmumof3 Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 Yes here also. The weather people say it is El Niño but some say "expect more of it and worse El Niños with climate change". 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madteaparty Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 (edited) We passed through the alps recently and pretty much all the snow is man made at the slopes and it can't even keep that well. They've never seen it this warm...they further said the way it looks now is how it looks in October. Edited December 22, 2015 by madteaparty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan in SC Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 It's supposed to be 82 degrees here on Christmas. I'd rather it was cooler, but I can't take any more rain. Some homes in our neighborhood are in danger of flooding for the third time in two months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TravelingChris Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 WE are having a rainy week. Tomorrow is our day for potentially severe weather like tornados. OF course that is the day all my visitors are coming so if we have a tornado warning, we will all be hudding in the room that my dd and her husband will be sleeping in since it is our default storm shelter/ We are having near record warmth here too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alisoncooks Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 Blech! Warm and wet Christmas = humid and nasty. I am not digging it. At all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura in CA Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 (edited) three feet of fresh snow this week in the Sierras :) ... friends just posted pictures of themselves playing in the deep snow. We really, really need the snow and rain here. I am so glad we will have a cold, wet (rain/snow) Christmas in California! But yeah, relatives in NYC say it will be in the 70s on Christmas Eve. Boo! Edited December 22, 2015 by Laura in CA 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 -16C here, and enough snow, thank you very much! Lots of fog today, which is weird... Send the snow here. It's super clear out today but I want a white Christmas badly :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SebastianCat Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 The forecast here is 86 degrees on Christmas Day. My kids plan to jump in the pool after opening gifts. We are wearing shorts, t-shirts, and flip flops. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KungFuPanda Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 I LOVE this. My mood is sooooo lifted. I REALLY appreciate winter weather NOT beginning in the middle of the fall. It's only been winter for a few days, so no good reason to flash freeze. I LIKE easing into it. The dark isn't soooo bad when it's not freezing and snowing. There's PLENTY of time for snow over the next few months. Who needs it in December??? I HATE the cold. So far this is my idea of a perfectly adequate winter :-) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HS Mom in NC Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 Meanwhile people in PHX think it's weird we have to wear socks because it's so unseasonably cold here. At the same time we're kind of excited about being able to wear that one sweater each of us owns. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nd293 Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 It's 39C / 102F here. And our air conditioner is broken and not fixable before the New Year. I'd love some of your 'too warm' winter weather! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplejackmama Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 We are on vacation in Colorado and the high on Christmas is 15!! My non-snow kids are loving this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Violet Crown Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 It's going to be in the 80s Christmas Eve. Since the massive flooding earlier this year the mosquitoes have been unbearable, and I'm worried it won't get cold enough this winter to kill them off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wintermom Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 (edited) Meanwhile people in PHX think it's weird we have to wear socks because it's so unseasonably cold here. At the same time we're kind of excited about being able to wear that one sweater each of us owns. Yes, socks and sweaters are definitely fun Christmas clothes! Enjoy the novelty. Kind of reminds me of my one tank top I owned while growing up in northern Alberta - always hoping it might get warm enough to need it. Never needed it, but I probably wore it just to say I did. ;) Edited December 22, 2015 by wintermom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
displace Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 88 F for us. Sigh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arctic Bunny Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 Send the snow here. It's super clear out today but I want a white Christmas badly :)I'd love to, but I don't think the winds blow that direction, usually! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livetoread Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 I consider it a good year when I can harvest some unfrost-damaged swiss chard from my garden at Thanksgiving. Not only can I harvest it for Christmas, it's still growing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy in NH Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 (edited) We usually have a covering of snow, at least, on the ground by this time in Northern NH. 10yo has been complaining about the weather for a month; she is so disappointed. It is supposed to be 60F tomorrow. It's been raining off an on for a week, and the grass is growing. Of course global temperatures naturally change over time, but not to this degree so quickly. There is definitely a human component. As an environmental science major I worked at UNH Earth Oceans and Space lab in the 1990s on a project which included polar ice core sampling to measure past global climate changes. Scientists have been predicting this man-made global climate change for that long. Edited December 23, 2015 by Amy in NH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happi duck Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 (edited) I have lived almost my whole life in an area that has thunderstorms. Today was the scariest lightening/thunder I've ever experienced. It was so bright and so loud and so instantaneous I really expected that it destroyed something. Yikes! Definitely does not feel like December 23!! . Edited December 23, 2015 by happi duck 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebcoola Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 Our weather has just been the opposite unusually snowy & cold it has snowed 4 times already and hailed once that is more than we got in the last 2 years. Today it is sunny and 45 which is normal but its supposed to drop again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxbridgeacademy Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 (edited) We just had a tornado producing storm roll through. I've had to turn on the AC to knock a degree or two off the inside temp (I made banana bread). I love it but yeah it's kind of crazy. Not to worry January WILL bring snow and it will be miserable (for me). ETA: the only good thing about winter is that it kills off the fleas in the yard and spiders in my garage. Edited December 23, 2015 by foxbridgeacademy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamiof5 Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 Meanwhile people in PHX think it's weird we have to wear socks because it's so unseasonably cold here. At the same time we're kind of excited about being able to wear that one sweater each of us owns.I'm a wimp, I own lots of sweaters and jackets :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephanier.1765 Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 I don't mind the warm weather so I'm just bummed I can't wear the outfit I bought for Christmas. I bought it several months ago before I knew about this warm front. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alisoncooks Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 My kids had cute "winter" outfits...but we had to make a last minute Target run to get short sleeved Christmas outfits. Oldest DD walked out with a "It's beginning to look a lot like Sithmas" t-shirt. Whatever. It's too hot to care. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheres Toto Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 Warm and rainy here. Which is making my Fall allergies linger way too long. The wet is making the molds/mildews I'm allergic to worse. So, I'm not enjoying the weather at all. Maybe if it was dry and sunny. As it is, everyone is getting sick from the ups and downs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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