Last-minute shoppers heading to the malls on Christmas Eve can keep their winter coats, gloves and hats at home. A better option might be shorts and T-shirts.
Last-minute shoppers heading to the malls on Christmas Eve can keep their winter coats, gloves and hats at home. A better option might be shorts and T-shirts.
That's how warm it's going to be in New Jersey on Thursday, according to the latest forecast from the National Weather Service.
In fact, the chances are looking good for Christmas Eve to be a record-breaker. The high temperature in Newark is projected to reach 70 degrees, which would shatter the record high of 64, set in 1990, said Carlie Buccola, a meteorologist for the weather service office in Upton, N.Y.
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New York City is also expected to hit a spring-like high of 70 on Christmas Eve, which would break the Big Apple's all-time record of 63 for that day, Buccola said. The current record was set in 1996.
One down side to the projected warmth on the holiday -- it won't be accompanied by much sunshine. Instead, the skies are expected to be cloudy in the morning, with a chance of rain showers. Skies should start to clear in the afternoon, Buccola said.
As for Christmas Day, the daytime highs in the upper 50s are not expected to threaten any temperature records. The lows on Dec. 25 will hover in the lower 40s, knocking out any possibility of a white Christmas in New Jersey.
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