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Record warmth simmering successful West arsenic caller grounds highs set
Record temperatures person been recorded crossed the Southwest since Thursday, with dozens of cities mounting caller highs successful Texas, Arizona, California, Oklahoma and Arkansas. The hottest wintertime time ever was acceptable successful Falcon Dam connected Thursday astatine 106 degrees.
Multiple cities successful the Southwest person seen grounds precocious temperatures this week, arsenic the Midwest and Northeast buckle down for snow starring into the archetypal week of March.
At slightest 20 caller grounds highs were acceptable crossed California, Arizona, Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas connected Friday.
According to the FOX Forecast Center, precocious temperatures volition stay 15 to 25 degrees supra mean this weekend.
Visitors are seen astatine Alamo Square Park connected an unseasonably lukewarm wintertime time successful San Francisco, Friday, Feb. 27, 2026.
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Through Sunday, much than 60 regular grounds highs could beryllium set.
The West has been nary alien to grounds warmth this winter. More than 140 locations person recorded their warmest wintertime connected record, portion much 290 cities person experienced 1 of their apical 10 warmest winters, according to the FOX Forecast Center.
Additionally, a caller nationalist grounds was acceptable successful Falcon Dam, Texas, connected Thursday astatine 106 degrees. It's present the hottest wintertime time ever.
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The utmost warmth is expected to proceed done the play for the West and Southwest, portion the winter-weary Eastern U.S. readies for much rounds of snowfall and ice.
Texas
Texas has seen grounds vigor since Thursday, erstwhile immoderate cities saw their archetypal 100 degrees time successful 2026.
Temperatures successful Laredo connected Thursday topped retired astatine 103, marking the city's hottest February day.
High temperatures continued Friday.
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Cities similar Waco and Corsicana broke erstwhile February grounds highs connected Friday.
Waco recorded a precocious of 86 degrees, breaking its erstwhile grounds of 84 acceptable successful 1918, according to the FOX Forecast Center.
Denton tied its grounds precocious temp of 81 degrees acceptable successful 2007.
Arizona
Arizona is besides seeing record-breaking vigor this week, with aggregate caller grounds highs and respective records tied.
Yuma saw its warmest February time ever astatine 96 degrees connected Friday, breaking the grounds of 95 acceptable successful 1986.
Phoenix's regular and monthly records were tied astatine 92 degrees.
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The FOX Forecast Center said Phoenix could necktie oregon interruption its grounds highs again connected Saturday.
In total, Phoenix has lone recorded 90-degree temperatures 9 times successful February, including Friday, according to the FOX Forecast Center.
California
Record precocious temperatures were recorded crossed confederate California connected Friday, with aggregate cities breaking regular oregon monthly highs.
San Diego acceptable a regular grounds of 85, breaking the erstwhile grounds by 1 grade acceptable successful 2020.
Downtown Los Angeles recorded 91 degrees connected Friday, marking the archetypal 90-degree February time successful 10 years, and breaking the erstwhile grounds precocious of 88 acceptable successful 2025.
In Riverside, connected Friday, precocious temperatures reached 93, breaking a grounds of 87 acceptable successful 1972, according to the National Weather Service successful San Diego.
El Centro tied some its regular and monthly records astatine 96 degrees connected Friday.
Midwest and Northeast prepped for snowfall and ice
Millions of radical crossed 25 states successful the winter-weary Midwest and Northeast look 3 antithetic wintertime storms that are acceptable to bring much snowfall and unsafe crystal starting this weekend.
According to the FOX Forecast Center, snowfall volition interruption retired on the starring borderline of acold aerial aboriginal Saturday crossed Montana and the Dakotas, earlier spreading to the Upper Midwest and Great Lakes by Saturday evening.
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The acold aerial and snowfall volition past scope the interior Northeast aboriginal Sunday morning, with the astir snowfall expected successful cities similar Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Albany, New York and Manchester, New Hampshire.
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