The weather outside is far from frightful.
Rudolph can take a personal day as Santa’s journey from the North Pole to the Big Apple should be an easy one with mild weather forecast on Christmas Eve and into Christmas Day.
There is no chance of a white Christmas in New York City, but it will be a warm one with temperatures reaching 52 degrees on Monday — considerably warmer than the 28 degrees last year.
Christmas clouds will settle in, with precipitation expected mid-week.
It’s been almost two years since New York City got an inch of snow on any day — the depth officially needed to make it “white” by National Weather Service standards — and it hasn’t snowed on Christmas since 2002.
Only 12.7% of the country had snow cover as of Saturday, according to Fox Weather meteorologist Brian Mastro, and only the Rocky Mountain area will likely have a white Christmas.
The forecast should make for easy travel across much of the country except for some parts including Chicago, a major hub that will likely see rain that could impact flights, Mastro said.
“The thing is, once you get one plane delayed in Chicago, it can just cascade around the nation,” he told The Post.
A storm system moving across the central US could bring delays during peak Christmas Eve travel times at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, Kansas City International Airport and Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport.
On Christmas day, potential delays in Chicago may also reach Memphis and Atlanta, according to Fox Weather.
Newark Airport was already seeing long lines and delays averaging over an hour by Saturday as travelers got a head start on the holiday.
The delays are expected to increase due to traffic volume, according to FlightAware.
Airports are expected to be the busiest they’ve ever been over Christmas and New Year’s Day with a projected 7.5 million passengers taking flight this year, surpassing 2019’s record of 7.3 million, according to AAA.
Those driving to festivities around the Northeast should be in the clear — except for the traffic.
Nearly 104 million people are expected to drive to their holiday destinations, up 1.8% from last year, AAA reported, and the second highest on record since 2019.