OMAHA, NEBRASKA — Forecast models are signaling a potentially historic warm spell around Christmas Day, with a large heat dome expected to drive temperatures 30 to 40 degrees above normal across the central United States, according to long-range temperature anomaly data.
While confidence will continue to evolve with the holiday still more than a week away, the latest guidance shows much of the nation’s middle experiencing an unusually warm Christmas, leaving only a few regions spared from the abnormal heat.
What the Christmas Temperature Anomaly Maps Are Showing
The temperature anomaly maps indicate a broad swath of deep red shading across the Plains and Midwest, a signal of exceptional warmth for late December.
Cities across:
- Texas
- Nebraska
- Missouri
- Illinois
- Kansas
- Iowa
- Arkansas
are currently projected to run well above climatological averages, with some areas exceeding 30°F above normal if the pattern verifies…