Yeah, a taste of warmth. Monday's high temp low 50's but...

[krysof]

it will be short lived, for at least three days, temperatures will feel so much better than that past couple of weeks. On Monday-temps are expected to reach 48 but 50 is quite possible, tuesday temps will begin to drop to 43 for a high and that is slightly below average. In fact 48 is almost average for this time of the year, but we have been below average for 10-12 days if not well below average.

Then winter strikes back quickly, on Wednesday and Thursday temps will both reach 37 and be Friday and Saturday temps will be 35 and 31 for highs so back to cold winter again.

[nystate]

Not supposed to get above freezing here this coming week, as a matter of fact it could get below zero some nights. Already set another record low of -1F this morning.

[tropicana]

RECORD WARMTH SUN MARCH 6th 2005

Kalispell MT 57F tied 1977
Casper WY 62F tied 1987
Burns OR 62F
Colorado Springs CO 66F tied 1986
Yakima WA 67F
Olympia WA 67F tied 1984
Mason City IA 71F tied 2000
Burlington IA 72F tied 2000
Waterloo IA 72F tied 2000
Cedar Rapids IA 73F
Ames IA 73F tied 2000
Moline IL 73F
Des Moines IA 74F
Redding CA 81F


-justin-

[PurdueWx80]

Today was the most beautiful day I've seen in months..in the upper 50's with crystal clear skies! Still, there were a number of people out ice fishing on the lakes in Madison, a bit scary considering parts of the lakes are ice-free, but they seemed to be OK. Tomorrow will be back to reality (and then some) when temperatures fall into the 20's by mid-afternoon. YUCK!

[tropicana]

More record Highs Mon Mar 7th 2005

Cut Bank MT 62F
Burns OR 66F
Olympia WA 66F
Portland OR 69F tied 2001
Pendleton OR 69F
Walla Walla WA 70F tied 2004
Yakima WA 71F
Eugene OR 71F tied 2001

IN CANADA:-
Victoria BC 16.5C 62F
Lethbridge AB 17.6C 64F
Kamloops BC 17.8C 65F

-justin-

[andrewr]

Yep, it was a very warm one in the Pac Northwest today. Was sitting in the mid 60's at my house.

[tropicana]

And they keep coming....

RECORD HIGHS TUE MAR 8th 2005

Butte MT 57F tied 1914
Burns OR 66F
Seattle WA 67F (old record was 65F set just last year 2004)
Olympia WA 70F tied 2004
Yakima WA 70F tied 2004
Portland OR 72F tied 1973

-justin-

[andrewr]

One place in Washington to my East (North Bend) got up to 77!

EDIT: I was in the low 70's. It's amazing to think that winter is still going strong for some parts of the country. Currently Seattle is running 7.6F above average for March.

[tropicana]

RECORD HIGHS WED MAR 9th 2005

Missoula MT 64F
Riverton WY 68F
Portland OR 70F
Sheridan WY 71F
Billings MT 72F
Walla Walla WA 72F tied 1953

-justin-

[andrewr]

Expect more record highs from Washington tomorrow.

[Scorpion]

Lol it was warmer in all those places than even extreme South Florida. Thats crazy .

[tropicana]

Yeah Scorpion, in fact, on Wed Mar 9, Miami posted a record low maximum for the date of just 63F.
Many other cities were stuck in the 50s all day in Florida on Wednesday with the rain.

RECORD HIGHS THU MAR 10th 2005

Burns OR 65F
Bellingham WA 65F
Pendleton OR 68F
Walla Walla WA 69F
Eugene OR 69F tied 1934
Portland OR 74F
Stockton CA 81F
Sacramento CA 84F
Redding CA 84F


While in normally balmy Miami today, the high temp was 70F, normal highs for this time of the year 80F. Key West reached just 69F on Thursday afternoon.

-justin-

[andrewr]

There may be a few more records from Washington tomorrow but after that they should stop for the time being.