It is now a certainty: it should not snow on Christmas. The year 2021 therefore falls within the norm for the many, many years in which it did not snow for December 25. But the weekend will still be out of the ordinary… By its softness!

Indeed, mild temperatures are expected on Saturday and Sunday. They are the consequence of a mass of soft and humid air coming from the south.

Saturday, Christmas day, so expect a rather rainy morning. In the afternoon, a few drops will remain and the weather will be mostly gray. A light wind, coming from the south and bringing back this mass of warm air, could be felt. As for temperatures, they should be 7 ° C in the morning (5 ° C in Châtillonnais) and up to 9 ° C in the afternoon. See even 10 ° C in the Dijon area.

The normals of the seasons are far away

Sunday should look like Saturday, on the climate side. Again, the sky will be gray throughout the day and the rain will be mostly present in the morning. Temperatures until being a little less raised in the morning, with 6 ° C expected, and ‘at 9 ° C in the afternoon.

We must therefore expect, Saturday and Sunday, a weather closer to autumn than to winter. Temperatures will in fact be almost double the seasonal norms, which are around 5 ° C.

A record next week?

The second week of the holiday season shouldn’t be much different: again, the soft, humid air mass will make the weather warmer than usual. According to Meteonews, it is even possible that we could reach the records of mildness for a month of December, with values ​​”almost autumnal and rain”.