MIAMI – You could have already watched the film “A Christmas Carol” and Scrooge’s voice is ringing loud and clear in your head, “Bah, humbug!” But Christmas in South Florida is nothing to growl about.
The climate in South Florida is sometimes sunny and heat with highs within the higher 70s throughout this time of yr. But, let’s look again at our Christmas past for a few stats that will curiosity you.
The regular or common excessive temperature on December twenty fifth is 77 levels. It solely drops to 63 levels in a single day. Less humid air is possible at this time of the yr with solely .06″ of rainfall on average for the day.
Remember, it’s the dry season, so rainy days are difficult to come by, but in 1915, 1.17″ of rain fell on Christmas Day making it the wettest on document.
The warmest Christmas on document goes again to 2016 when the excessive temperature reached 85 levels.
CBS4’s meteorologist Cindy Preszler says she is certain the seashores had been busy and Santa needed to make some wardrobe modifications. Just a yr earlier in 2015, the in a single day low solely fell to 77 levels which is the warmest low temperature on document.
If it is “sweater weather” you are on the lookout for, 1989 stands out by far.
The Christmas chilly wave lasted from December twenty second by the twenty sixth. It was one of the worst freezes ever for the state of Florida.
According to the Florida Dept. of Health, 26 individuals died from hypothermia. Fires had been set by areas heaters and stoves. The roads had been slick inflicting many accidents.
The coldest Christmas on document was in 1983. The temperature solely warmed to 51 levels. That’s 26 levels under common.
Whether it is heat or chilly this Christmas, one factor is for certain. It’s not going we’ll be constructing something out of snow. Although it has snowed in South Florida within the past, it takes greater than a few flakes to make a wholesome snowman.
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