Diogenes
It's not my fault if you're retarded
Christmas Eve in 1889 was the mildest on record for much of the Great Lakes and the Corn Belt.
Temperatures topped 60° in every state east of the Rockies, except for the Dakotas, Minnesota and Northeast.
Daily record high maximums were set from Texas to Michigan.
By state, these included:
• Hot Springs, AR: 82°
• Concordia, KS: 68°
• Louisville, KY: 71°
• Lexington, KY: 68°
• Aurora, IL: 70°
• Chicago, IL: 64°
• Moline, IL: 65°
• Peoria, IL: 65°
• Springfield, IL: 67°
• Indianapolis, IN: 68°
• Davenport, IA: 65°
• Des Moines, IA: 69°
• Dubuque, IA: 67°
• Sioux City, IA: 62°
• Ann Arbor, MI: 61°
• Benton Harbor, MI: 65°
• Detroit, MI: 61°
• Kalamazoo, MI: 63°
• St. Louis, MO: 73°
• Omaha, NE: 68°
• Columbus, OH: 66°
• Toledo, OH: 65°
• College Station, TX: 83°
• La Crosse, WI: 61°
• Madison, WI: 60°
• Milwaukee, WI: 60°
The following day would be one of the warmest in the northeast on record.
Boston reached 65°.