Stores around the country may already be preparing for the holidays, but it's warm enough in much of the U.S. to walk around in shorts. Record-breaking temperatures have hit eastern regions across the United States this past week, from the northeast to Florida.

Unusually warm temperatures have hit regions across the U.S. Getty Images

Measurements in New York City's Central Park were expected to creep "very close " to 74 degrees on Friday, a temperature not seen for the date since 1948, according to New York Metro Weather. NYMW The last few days have been unusually warm, as the National Weather Service noted in a tweet: NYC Poughkeepsie, New York, a town just outside of New York City, saw temperatures climb to 78 degrees, according to the Weather Channel. Flint, Michigan reached 79 degrees, and it was 80 degrees in Pueblo, Colorado — in the middle of November.