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Omaha, NE — Nebraska is shaping up for an unusually warm transition from 2025 into 2026, with forecasts pointing to near-record temperatures during the final days of December and the first days of the New Year. As of Saturday, December 20, long-range outlooks suggest that the December 27 through January 2 period could feel far more like late fall than mid-winter across much of the state.
According to the NOAA Climate Prediction Center, Nebraska sits within a broad swath of the central United States favored for above-normal temperatures. A persistent upper-level ridge is expected to dominate the Plains, limiting the southward push of Arctic air and allowing milder Pacific air to spread eastward…