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Some Houstonians might say the weather outside is frightful, but not because of any snow, as Houston could be close to matching a 2015 record for warmest Christmas on the books.
Dec. 25 is on track to be a warm day, with highs in the upper 70s and low 80s. That’s as much as 20 degrees warmer than the average Houston holiday.
“It’s very toasty,” Bradley Brokamp, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service, said. “We are well above normal temperatures slated for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, and obviously the next several days as well.”
The warmest Christmas in southeast Texas came in 2015, according to Brokamp, when Houston saw a high of 83 degrees. It’s possible this Christmas could match or exceed that record.
There’s also a possibility of fog across the region, particularly closer to the Gulf Coast.
“I guess it’s technically a white Christmas, if you’re very loose with the definition of such,” Brokamp said. “Ignoring the fact that it’s going to be fog instead of snow, but I guess it’s still technically white outside in the morning.”
Snow likely isn’t in the cards, but Houston is on track to see a cooldown this Sunday, when the likely final cold front of 2025 hits the city. At that point, temperatures could actually be 5 to 10 degrees below average for that time of year.
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