Seasonal & Holidays
Record Highs Forecast for Christmas in Stone Mountain, Lithonia
The record of 72 degrees could fall, as the jet stream brings warm, moist temperatures to our community.
Winter begins tonight at 11:48 pm EST.
But it’s not going to feel a lot like it in metro Atlanta. And while you’re at it, you can put away those misty, water-colored hopes for a white Christmas as well.
Monday will be the coolest day in metro Atlanta for the week, with highs in the upper 50s, according to Accuweather.
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Tuesday will feature highs near 70, and we’re looking at one of the warmest Christmas Eves and Christmas Days on record.
Atlanta’s warmest Christmas on record is 72 degrees, back in 1987.
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“There is a high probability for record-setting warmth up and down the entire Eastern Seaboard from Florida to Maine [on Christmas Eve],” said AccuWeather Meteorologist Rob Englund.
Nationally, Christmas Eve will feel more like an early autumn day with highs ranging from the 50s in Maine to the 70s in the mid-Atlantic and the lower 80s in parts of the Southeast. That equates to highs that are 15 to 30 degrees Fahrenheit above normal.
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