Ithaca heat wave

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

It's been a wacky winter.  If this keeps up, it'll be a wacky spring and summer.

[muon2]

Monday in Chicago merely tied the record of 78, so it was the first day that didn't break 80 since last Wednesday. I was in Peoria, and it was up to 80 there.

It's been a wacky winter.  If this keeps up, it'll be a wacky spring and summer.

Mar 14 & 15, 1995 held the record highs priors to this year, and foreshadowed the killing heat of July 1995. I hope this year is not similar.

[minionofmidas]

Reminds me of the old joke about GDR AC systems, which also had only two modes.

Heat on full blast (winter)
Heat on full blast, windows open (summer).

[muon2]

Back to another record day over 80. And there's a new twist, we don't get many fire warnings in northern IL, and certainly not in March, but this afternoon the NWS issued this:

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[Eraserhead]

Mid 80s predicted for Thursday. This is seriously weird. The heat is supposed to break over the weekend though.

[angus]

It's raining now.  Weird to have the umbrella out in mid march.  Normally any precipitation would be snow this time of year.  The ten-day forecast calls for thunderstorms over the next four days, apparently a slow-moving cold front passing through, then by Monday a return to colder temps, although probably still warm for this time of year, with highs around 60 and lows around 40. 

Works for me.

[muon2]

I finally saw some rain today. It didn't stop it from reaching a record high for the 8th day in a row (counting Monday's tie). This should be the last record day based on the forecast. Then we return to merely above average temps.

[RI]

Snowed again here last night.

[California8429]

My sister goes to Cornell and has been freaking out about how hot and dry everything is

[muon2]

Here's a final official memory of March 2012 as recorded by NOAA. The nine consecutive records are unmatched, with the closest string being 6 days in Aug-Sep 1953. Note the number of record high minimum temperatures as well.

[LastVoter]

Snowed again here last night.

It's been a good season.