It certainly feels like winter is over in Florida. The numbers even suggest summer has already arrived.
Thursday could be the seventh day in a row a record high temperature will be tied or broken in the Sunshine State. It would also add to the list (at end of this story) of 35 records already tied or broken this month alone.
Not only are the daily records falling by the dozens, Sarasota and Tampa broke all-time monthly maximum records Tuesday with highs approaching 90.
An area of high pressure developed off the Atlantic coast earlier this week, and it won't be going anywhere soon. This will keep the abnormal warmth in place across the Southeast U.S. for at least the next five days.
While temperatures have been 10-15 degrees above normal east of the Mississippi River this week, they are 10-20 degrees below the normal from the West Coast to the Rockies, with plenty of fresh snow across the mountains in between.
The table below is a list of daily record highs tied or broken during the month of February (as of the 22nd). Rows highlighted in yellow represent a record that was tied. Orange denotes a new record, and a record highlighted in red is an all-time maximum for the month of February.
