HO HO HO MERRY CHRISTMAS?

It was an unseasonably warm Christmas Day across the viewing area today as temperatures soared into the mid & upper 40's. The official high recorded at the Chicago-Rockford International Airport was 46 degrees. That begs the question, was this the warmest Christmas on record. Almost, but not quite.

The warmest Christmas on record happened back in 1982 where the official high was 58 degrees. In fact, the high today was ended up right in the middle of our record high and the normal high.

Our temperatures in fact have been on a crazy roller coaster ride this past week. Only one day was near seasonable and that was on Saturday where temperatures only reached 31 degrees.

The roller coaster continues as we head into the weekend as our next system will push temperatures into the 40's the next three days. Then we can expect temperatures to be more winter-like starting this weekend.