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Kinston's temps too warm for a white Christmas
If you want to see snowfall on Christmas Day in Kinston, rent a holiday movie classic that features the white stuff like “The Polar Express” or one of the Santa Claus movies starring Tim Allen.
It’s going to be a rainy — not snowy — Christmas in Kinston as much of the Northeast continues to dig out from last weekend’s snow storm.
It hasn’t snowed in the city on Dec. 25 since at least 1850. The National Weather Service, based in Morehead City, has Christmas Day weather data for the last 158 years, which shows Kinston hasn’t seen snowfall on Christmas Day since well before the Civil War.
Kinston did receive 6 inches of snowfall on Dec. 24, 1989. On the following day, the high temperature for the city reached 24 degrees.
It was a balmy 78 degrees in Kinston on Dec. 25, 1932. The high temperature this Friday is forecast to reach 60 degrees, well above and below the city’s record low and high tempertures set in 1989 and 1932.
Accuweather spokesman Tom Kines said rain showers will move into the Kinston region Thursday night and remain in the area on Friday.
“It’s going to be a soggy Christmas Day,” Kines said. “It looks like it’s going to rain all day.”
Chris Lavender can be reached at 252-559-1078 or clavender@freedomenc.com.
