Mark it in the diary, or memorialize it on Instagram: Nashville made weather history today.
The temperature hit 75 degrees at Nashville International Airport around noon today, shattering the previous record high of 73 degrees for Dec. 26 in place since 1875, according to the National Weather Service.
Whether the city’s temperature will inch higher is uncertain now that that cloud cover is back, said Justyn Jackson, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service. The all-time high for a December day is 79 degrees, which was set on Dec. 31, 1982.
“We’re almost flirting with setting the all-time high for December,” he said. (continue reading)