MIAMI — It’s not feeling a lot like Christmas across South *******. In fact, it’s sunny, hot and humid.

Miami shattered a record Monday with a high temperature of 86 degrees.

University of Miami tropical weather expert Brian McNoldy tells the Miami Herald a confluence of unlucky weather is to blame. Cold fronts that typically cool off the area are fizzling before they arrive. And, to the south, a high pressure ridge keeps pushing along warm air from the tropics.

It is the second toasty December for South *******. Or, as McNoldy says, the area has “gotten gypped out of two nice Decembers in a row.

McNoldy says last year’s heat — accompanied by record rainfall — was part of an intense El Nino. But this year’s heat is much more localized.