Craig Edwards, meteorologist in charge of the Chanhassen office of the National Weather Service, talks about mild winter weather and record breaking temperatures. It reached 68 degrees at the Twin Cities airport this afternoon, breaking the old high of 57 set in 1962.
December 1, 1998 also set a new record high for the whole month of December. The warmest temperature previously recorded in December in the Twin Cities was 63 in 1939 and 1982.
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