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Updated 11:19am, Thursday, December 24, 2015
Bill Presler wears a elf hat while he washes windows on Christmas Eve at the NBT Bank branch in Glens Falls. By 10 a.m., the temperature in the region was well into the 60s and expected to hit the 70s. (Skip Dickstein / Times Union)
Bill Presler wears a elf hat while he washes windows on Christmas Eve at the NBT Bank branch in Glens Falls. By 10 a.m., the temperature in the region was well into the 60s and expected to hit the 70s. (Skip ... moreBen Syden and Sarah Fist of Loudonville go for a run with their dog Luther on Shalimar Ct. on a warm Christmas Eve. Thursday, Dec. 24, 2015 in Loudonville, N.Y. Temperatures are expected to hit 70 degrees today. (Lori Van Buren / Times Union)
Ben Syden and Sarah Fist of Loudonville go for a run with their dog Luther on Shalimar Ct. on a warm Christmas Eve. Thursday, Dec. 24, 2015 in Loudonville, N.Y. Temperatures are expected to hit 70 degrees ... more Photo: Lori Van BurenRecord-wrecking heat on Christmas Eve in Albany
ALBANY - By dawn, it was already the warmest Christmas Eve on record in the Capital Region.
At 6:30 a.m., the temperature in the Albany area was already at 58 degrees, one degree warmer than the day"s previous record set on Christmas Eve 1941.
But 10 a.m., it was 66 degrees and the sun was breaking through the clouds.
Another record is likely to fall by midnight: the latest date for measurable snow.
The previous record was Dec. 24, 1928, according to the National Weather Service. But with no snow in the foreseeable future, the region is likely push back that record.
Forecasters said the temperature could rise into the 70s during the day. The National Weather Service in Albany says the temperature record will be obliterated in this region as well as in Glens Falls where the temperature was expected to hit 67 degrees, which is 18 degrees above the previous high of 49 which was sent in 1949.
The morning started out with dense fog. Forecasters predict the day will feature showers and the possibility of thunder.
The temperature is expected to drop into the low 40s overnight before rebounding the mid 50s on Christmas Day.
The daytime temperature is expected to hover in the 40s and 50s on Saturday and Sunday before dropping into the 30s on Monday.
Source: http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/At-6-30-a-m-record-breaking-Christmas-Eve-6719249.php
