A slightly warmer but windier Christmas weekend than those recorded
during the past few years is expected, according to Meteorological Office forecasts.

Sunday is expected to be mainly cloudy, with temperatures reaching 17°C and dropping to 13°C. The day will be characterised by a moderate to strong wind blowing from a northwesterly direction.

A moderate to strong northwesterly wind is also forecast for Christmas Day, while a light northerly wind is forecast for Boxing Day.

Between Christmas Eve and Boxing Day, temperatures are forecast to range from a maximum of 18°C and a minimum of 9°C.

While this Christmas is set to be slightly warmer than average, the warmest Christmas on record was recorded in 2009, when the maximum temperature reached was 23.6°C.

The Maltese islands are accustomed to warm weather during the holidays, though Malta has come close to freezing over during the holidays in the past - the lowest temperature on Christmas Day was recorded at 3.7°C in 1986.

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