OK, so before today, the record high temp for Christmas was 73° set in 1889.
We hit 76° at 1:59 PM, the warmest temperature ever recorded on Christmas Day in Nashville (dating back 127 years).
So does that make today the “warmest Christmas Day ever recorded?”
It is lifting north and east of us with the warm front.
The record high temp for Christmas is 73° set in 1889, the year Coca-Cola was incorporated
This morning, a warm front has arrived from the south. South winds and breaks in the clouds should heat us up to 73°.
A rain maker is already moving through the Missouri valley and will eventually reach us by early Saturday morning.
The HRRR model has a good handle on this through the evening:
Tree tops will glisten and children can still listen for sleigh bells in the rain. I’ll be dreaming of another white Christmas for next year.
Well today officially marks the beginning of astronomical winter! Today will also be the shortest day of the year, as our days will begin to increase in duration through the summer solstice.
Other than that, the remainder of the week will remain fairly quiet.
To start, you may need to bundle up as you head out the door tomorrow morning. High temps will finally be in the 40s, but temps will be in the teens and 20s until about 10 AM.
After our fairly active weather pattern we have seen over the past few weeks, this week appears to be mainly dry with temps generally just below average for the time of year.
At 11 PM Saturday, the temp was 73°.
While you were sleeping — at least I hope you were sleeping — the temperature dropped to freezing. As I write this (at 4 AM) it is 32°.
Around 3 AM or so, a cold rain transitioned to freezing rain, and freezing rain transitioned to sleet. I hear the sound of the sleet right now.
