TOLEDO, Ohio — Living in the Midwest, and more specifically, in the Toledo area, one might expect a white, cozy Christmas like we've been taught to romanticize by Hollywood movies. But this year, we actually had mild temperatures and sunshine.
So much so, 2019 will go down in Toledo's history as the warmest Christmas week EVER. The seven-day mean maximum temperature for Toledo Express Airport was 54.4 degrees.
The only other year that could challenge this stat is 1893, but that period is missing data for one day.
The column below shows the mean maximum temperature for other years during Christmas week at Toledo Express Airport:
- Dec. 12 to 29, 2019 — 54.4 degrees;
- Dec. 12 to 28, 2019 — 53.4 degrees;
- Dec. 12 to 28, 1982 — 51.9 degrees;
- Dec. 12 to 29, 1982 — 51.3 degrees;
- Dec. 12 to 28, 2015 — 50 degrees;
- Dec. 12 to 29, 2015 — 49.1 degrees;
- Dec. 12 to 29, 1971 — 46.9 degrees;
- Dec. 12 to 28, 1971 — 46.1 degrees;
- Dec. 12 to 28, 1957 — 45.9 degrees;
- Dec. 12 to 28, 2014 — 45.6 degrees;
The last value also occurred in one or more previous years.
