[LINK] "Record-breaking warm weather stuns parts of Canada on Christmas"

[rfmcdonald]

Global News reports on the remarkable warmth across Canada yesterday.

Record-breaking weather has been welcoming the holidays in parts of Canada and the United States.

On Dec. 23 records dating back to the 1940s were broken in some Ontario communities. That trend largely continued the day before Christmas, with some areas within reach of 20C (that’s on the plus side, just to be clear.)

In Toronto it was the warmest Christmas Eve on record, breaking the old record of 12.2C in 1964, even warmer than sunny Los Angeles.

Areas of the Atlantic provinces and Quebec also reached balmy double-digits.

“This December and holiday season have been extraordinarily mild and snow-free,” reads a special weather statement from Environment Canada regarding southern Ontario’s oddly warm weather.