Holiday Warmth Breaks Local Records [VIDEO]

It was a very mild Christmas for our area with record setting highs in Connecticut and New York.

The mercury in our area topped out at 63 degrees right around 1 pm on Christmas Day and the National Weather Service called that a new record. Meanwhile records were also set for Christmas Eve as the temps got over 70 degrees and broke records that were set almost 20 years ago.

Records were also broken from the Southeast to New England with some areas breaking their previous record high by more than 10 degrees F.
Some records were broken from the 1800s.
The highs that occurred on Thursday are more typical of late spring and early summer.

According to accuweather.com the warmth left many across the Northeast without a white Christmas. The only location able to see at least an inch of snow on the ground on Christmas was across northern Maine.

"Records also fell all along the Interstate 95 corridor from Boston through Washington, D.C.,"

High temperatures rose into the 70s on Christmas Eve along the Interstate 95 corridor from New York City to Washington, D.C. Boston was 1 degree shy of reaching the 70-degree mark.

When will the "winter heat wave" end. Check out the long range forecast from the Ct. Weather Center.

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