Pittsburgh Weather: Christmas Eve brings warm temperatures, cloudy skies
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - Merry Christmas Eve! Today will be mostly cloudy and warm, with highs in the low 50s.
Daily average High: 39 degrees; Low: 25 degrees
Sunrise: 7:42 a.m; Sunset: 4:59 p.m.
ALERT: None
AWARE: Scattered showers start Monday night then last through Thursday; a switch to snow by Friday
Merry Christmas Eve! Cloudy skies stick around Sunday night as Santa makes his flight, but we won't have to worry about cold or messy holiday travel on Sunday or Monday.
Christmas will be very warm. We're forecasting 60 degrees, which could make it the seventh-warmest Christmas on record. If we hit 58 degrees in Pittsburgh, we will tie for the 10th-warmest Christmas on record.
Skies will gradually clear through the late morning after some early fog, but it will be a very mild holiday.
A rainy pattern moves in late Monday night and sticks around through Thursday, along with mild temperatures.
The heaviest rain will move through Wednesday, with totals through the week near half-inch to 1 inch. Cold air finally begins a return later on Thursday, and some of those rain showers will start to mix with snow showers on Friday.
Temperatures will hover near normal, with highs in the upper 30s, for the end of what has been a very warm December in Pittsburgh. New Year's Day will feel more like typical January, with highs near 40.
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