After an overnight visit from Santa, children across the Charlotte region didn’t need to bundle up to play with their new gifts outside. Instead of heavy coats, many likely wore short sleeves as the area experienced its warmest Christmas on record.
The temperature reached a record-breaking 79 degrees at Charlotte Douglas International Airport on Dec. 25, according to the National Weather Service. This beat the previous high of 77 degrees, set back in 1955 during the first Eisenhower administration.
The region’s temperature was 26 degrees above the normal high for Christmas Day, which is around 53 degrees, according to meteorologist Jeffrey Taylor of the Greenville-Spartanburg, South Carolina Weather Forecast Office…