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Last Map Update: Thu, Dec 25, 2025 at 8:56:28 am CST

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Record Heat Today

Christmas Day

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Patchy dense fog with visibilities under one quarter mile will be possible over the southern South Plains this morning.

Record heat is likely again this Christmas Day smashing previous temperature records.

Sadly, it will not be a white Christmas. High temperatures are expected to smash previous record highs in the upper 70s to mid 80s with the possibility of breaking the all-time record high for the month of December.

Unseasonably warm temperatures continue through Saturday. New Year's week will start off cooler than this week after the passage of a cold front Saturday.

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Local Weather History For December 25th...

2000 (25th-27th): A strong upper level disturbance translated into the southern Rockies on the 25th and across West Texas
on the 26th. A shallow cold air mass was in place over the Southern Plains well ahead of this system. Widespread
precipitation developed over the region as the system approached as warm and moist air was drawn over the shallow cold air
near the surface. Freezing rain produced a layer of glaze on exposed surfaces that was one quarter to three quarters of an
inch thick. The freezing rain became mixed with sleet and snow during the early morning hours on the 26th and eventually
changed to snow over most of the area shortly before daybreak on the 26th. The snow continued into the early morning hours
of the 27th as the upper low moved across the Permian Basin. Eight to twelve inches of snow fell across the South Plains
and extreme southern Panhandle with up to sixteen inches reported in the extreme southwestern Panhandle. Two to four
inches of snow were reported across the Rolling Plains. This very heavy snow fell on top of the thick layer of ice
resulting in a crippling impact to the region. Most flights into and out of the Lubbock International Airport were
canceled for the better part of four days. Many roads were impassable and a number of vehicles were stranded in deep snow.
Many traffic accidents were reported with at least two fatalities occurring as a result. Many businesses, including those
in the South Plains Mall in Lubbock, were closed for two to three days due to the weather. Thousands of power poles and
power lines were downed resulting in power outages across the region and at least $1 million in damage; most of these
outages only lasted a few hours but some lasted up to nine days in Lynn County. The storm also interrupted mail service
for up to three days in some locations.