(CNN)America, you can take off that extra scarf soon.
After shivering through a brutally cold December, two-thirds of the United States will feel temperatures rise above normal this week.
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"I see people less aggressive to be out," she said. The low hit minus 20 in Minneapolis -- so cold that Holidazzle, the city's annual winter festival, was closed for the day. That only happens every few years, said Leah Wong, vice president of events and marketing for the Minneapolis Downtown Council. "Minnesotans," she said, "are hardy people." In Seattle, they're still thawing out from a record low temperature of 24 on Saturday. The Pacific Northwest got socked with unusually cold weather in December, with Portland experiencing an early snowfall, and it may not be over. The National Weather Service says an approaching low-pressure system will produce another round of rain and snow this week. The good news: Warmer air is on the way. By Wednesday, the day when winter officially
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starts at 5:44 a.m. ET, two-thirds of the United States will be basking in warmer temperatures. This trend will continue right through Christmas Day, with many places expected to be 30 to 40 degrees warmer than Sunday.
The National Weather Service predicts these Christmas Day highs: 60 in Atlanta, 47 in New York City, 50 in Washington, DC, 62 in Dallas and 64 in Los Angeles. Miami will suffer through 79 degrees. But the Plains states may end up with snow and severe storms for Christmas. Minneapolis will deal with a high temperature of 18 degrees, Bismarck 14. The snowrain line will be further north, meaning places that were in a deep freeze this past weekend, like Chicago, might see rain instead of snow. In case you're wondering, yes, it has been a lot colder than a year ago. December 2015 was the warmest December on record for the Lower 48.
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