The National Weather Service in Birmingham said on Sunday that several central Alabama cities had broken daily temperature records for Feb. 28. One of the records that fell today was 117 years old.
Birmingham, Anniston, Tuscaloosa, Muscle Shoals and Montgomery had new daily record highs:
* Anniston’s high was 81, breaking the record of 80 set in 1976.
* Birmingham’s high was 82, breaking the record of 81 set in 2011.
* Montgomery’s high was 83, which tied the record last set in 1948.
* Muscle Shoals’ high was 79 degrees, breaking the record of 77 set in 1904.
* Tuscaloosa’s high was 84, breaking the record of 83 set in 2011.
Not only has it been warm this afternoon, it was also warm on Saturday.
According to the weather service several cities set records for highest low temperature.
* Tuscaloosa’s low temperature on Feb. 27 was 65 degrees, breaking the record “warmest low” of 64 degrees in 1962.
* Birmingham only fell to 66 degrees on Feb. 27, which also broke the record of 65 degrees also set in 1962.
* Muscle Shoals’ low on Feb. 27 was 63 degrees, breaking the record of 61 degrees set in 2011.
* Huntsville also got in on the trend. Its low temperature on Feb. 27 was 60 degrees, tying the record set last in 1996.
This is the last day of meteorological winter, but cooler temperatures are in the forecast for parts of Alabama for Monday as a cold front moves through.
Here are the highs forecast for Monday:
Highs on Monday will be cooler for parts of north and central Alabama.
The front could bring strong to severe storms to north and north-central Alabama tonight and into Monday morning.
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