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At a Glance Thousands of daily record highs were smashed in the Midwest and East in a mid-February warm spell.

Over a hundred monthly record highs were tied, or set, as well. The eastern half of the United States has endured one of the warmest streaks of February weather on record. The warmer-than-average temperatures have already broken hundreds of records, including dozens of all-time February record highs.

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From February 17-24, roughly 2,900 daily warm records (record highs, and record warm lows) were set across the U.S.

In addition, over 250 record high temperatures for any February day were also set, according to NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information.

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A few records for the warmest temperature during a boreal winter month (December through February period), were also set.

A full recap of the records set during this February warm spell is at the bottom of this article.

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These persistent well-above-average temperatures have caused plants and trees to begin blooming nearly 20 days earlier than average in the southern Plains, lower Mississippi Valley, Southeast and as far north as Kentucky and Virginia.

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Record Warm Recap (New Records)

Below are a few selected records for each day, with the new record in parentheses.

Daily record highs were set in Chicago over four consecutive days, in Minneapolis/St. Paul for six straight days, and Boston for three straight days.

Saturday (Feb. 25)

A monthly record high temperature was set for February in Burlington, Vermont (72 degrees), a record that was last set two days prior, a full 9 degrees higher.

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A few daily record highs were set Saturday morning, including: Glens Falls, New York (68 degrees, smashing the previous record by 10 degrees) and Boston (69 degrees). This was Boston's 3rd consecutive record high.

On Saturday several more sites broke their record daily highs: North Charleston, South Carolina (81 degrees), Albany, New York (70 degrees - Albany's 3rd consecutive record high), Syracuse, New York (68 degrees), Worcester, Massachusetts (65 degrees), Buffalo, New York (65 degrees), Montpelier, Vermont (61 degrees) and Binghamton, New York (60 degrees).

Friday (Feb. 24)

Albany, New York set a new record for warmest winter temperature (December through February), with a high of 74 degrees. Evansville, Indiana tied the all-time record high for the December through February period with a high of 79 degrees.

A few cities in Ohio also set warmest winter temperature records including, Cincinnati (78 degrees), Columbus (78 degrees) and Dayton (76 degrees).

Boston observed its highest temperature for the month of February since records began in 1872. They reached 73 degrees and the previous record, set in 1985, was 70 degrees. Worcester, Massachusetts and Concord, New Hampshire also broke record high temperatures for the month by reaching 69 degrees.

Binghamton, New York broke its all-time record warmest February temperature by reaching 70 degrees. Louisville, Kentucky also broke its all-time February high temperature record when the mercury soared to 81 degrees.

Buffalo, New York tied its all-time record warmest February temperature and tied its daily record by reaching 71 degrees.

Other sites that tied record warmest temperatures for the month of February include Jackson, Kentucky and Detroit, Michigan.

On Friday, a few of the cities that broke daily record highs include: Columbia, South Carolina (82 degrees); Nashville, Tennessee (81 degrees); Macon, Georgia (81 degrees); Huntsville, Alabama (81 degrees); Atlanta (78 degrees); Erie, Pennsylvania (77 degrees, breaking their record by 10 degrees); Cleveland (77 degrees); Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (76 degrees); Indianapolis (74 degrees); Paducah, Kentucky (74 degrees); Toledo, Ohio (71 degrees, which broke the old record by 10 degrees); Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (70 degrees); Syracuse, New York (69 degrees); New York City (58 degrees); and Caribou, Maine (50 degrees).

Record warm low temperature records were also set. New York City set a record for all-time warmest low temperature in February with a low of 58 degrees.

Thursday (Feb. 23)

On Thursday, all-time record highs for the month of February was broken in Burlington, Vermont (63 degrees) and Montpelier, Vermont (63 degrees).

Brownsville, Texas tied its all-time record high for the month of February, reaching 92 degrees. This temperature was also reached in 1917 and 2016.

Springfield, Missouri also tied its all-time record high for February by reaching 84 degrees.

Record high temperatures were broken in: McAllen, Texas (101 degrees); San Angelo (92 degrees); Dallas-Fort Worth (88 degrees); Midland, Texas (86 degrees); Joplin, Missouri (83 degrees); Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (75 degrees); Allentown, Pennsylvania (72 degrees); Akron, Ohio (69 degrees); Syracuse, New York (69 degrees); Toledo, Ohio (68 degrees); Cleveland, Ohio (68 degrees); Boston (68 degrees); Rochester, New York (67 degrees); Providence, Rhode Island (66 degrees); Concord, New Hampshire (65 degrees); Albany, New York (64 degrees); Worcester, Massachusetts (64 degrees); Watertown, New York (61 degrees); and Binghamton, New York (61 degrees).

New record warm low temperature records were also set, including: Louisville, Kentucky (61 degrees); Cincinnati, Ohio (56 degrees); Dayton, Ohio (55 degrees); Pittsburgh (54 degrees); Washington, D.C. (53 degrees); Columbus, Ohio 52 degrees; Fort Wayne, Indiana (50 degrees).

Wednesday (Feb. 22)

Many locations broke their daily record high temperatures dating back to 1930.

Milwaukee, Wisconsin broke its monthly all-time record high for February by reaching 71 degrees and Madison, Wisconsin set a new monthly record high temperature for February by reaching 68 degrees.

Green Bay, Wisconsin broke its all-time record high for February and a daily record high by reaching 65 degrees. Oshkosh and Appleton, Wisconsin also broke their all-time record high temperatures.

Ottumwa, Iowa broke its monthly all-time record high for February by reaching 79 degrees. This also broke the daily record high by 13 degrees, set back in 1930.

Kansas City has had it's warmest 7-day stretch of weather in February history.

Daily record high temperatures were set in: Brownsville, Texas (92 degrees); Salina, Kansas (81 degrees); Kansas City, Missouri (80 degrees); Topeka, Kansas (79 degrees); Memphis (76 degrees); Omaha, Nebraska (75 degrees); Des Moines, Iowa (73 degrees); Louisville, Kentucky (73 degrees); Chicago (68 degrees, tied); Traverse City, Michigan (64 degrees); Minneapolis (59 degrees); Eau Claire, Wisconsin (57 degrees); Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan (46 degrees); and Alpena, Michigan (61 degrees).

Record warm low temperature records were also set, including: Paducah, Kentucky (56 degrees); Lexington, Kentucky (56 degrees); Columbus, Ohio (54 degrees); Pittsburgh (51 degrees, tied); Des Moines (47 degrees); Watertown, New York (40 degrees); Bridgeport, Connecticut (39 degrees, tied); International Falls, Minnesota (31 degrees)

Tuesday (Feb. 21)

North Platte, Nebraska set a record high of 79 degrees and tied the all-time record high for February.

Daily record high temperatures were set in: Brownsville (91 degrees), Goodland, Kansas (78 degrees), Hastings, Nebraska (77 degrees), Pueblo, Colorado (77 degrees), Jackson, Kentucky (75 degrees), Rapid City, South Dakota (69 degrees), Sioux Falls, South Dakota (68 degrees), Milwaukee, Wisconsin (66 degrees), Aberdeen, South Dakota (64 degrees), Madison, Wisconsin (62 degrees), Minneapolis (62 degrees), Traverse City, Michigan (59 degrees), Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin (58 degrees, old record 47 degrees), Marquette, Michigan (56 degrees) and Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan (44 degrees).

Record warm lows were also set Tuesday including: Paducah, Kentucky (56 degrees), St. Louis (55 degrees), Springfield, Illinois (53 degrees), Evansville, Indiana (52 degrees), Indianapolis (50 degrees), South Bend, Indiana (46 degrees), Milwaukee, Wisconsin (45 degrees), Rapid City, South Dakota (43 degrees), Lansing, Michigan (42 degrees), Muskegon, Michigan (41 degrees).

Monday (Feb. 20)

Record warm low temperatures were set on Monday including: St, Louis (52 degrees, tied), La Crosse, Wisconsin (45 degrees), Rapid City, South Dakota (40 degrees), Minneapolis, Minnesota (41 degrees), Marquette, Michigan (32 degrees).

Here are some select cities that set a new daily record high on Monday (new record in parentheses): Chicago (70 degrees), Mobile, Alabama (79 degrees), Jackson, Mississippi (83 degrees), Blacksburg, Virginia (69 degrees), Bluefield, West Virginia (67 degrees), Paducah, Kentucky (75 degrees), Bowling Green, Kentucky (76 degrees), Madison, Wisconsin (62 degrees), and Fargo, North Dakota (54 degrees).

Monday's 70-degree record-high temperature in Chicago was only the fifth time in recorded history the Windy City has reached 70 degrees or higher in February.

Sunday (Feb. 19)

Moline, Illinois, recorded a new all-time February record high on Sunday with a temperature of 74 degrees. The previous February record high was 73 degrees, set on Friday and in 1921.

Philadelphia set a new daily-record high Sunday by reaching 70 degrees. This was the city's first 70-degree temperature in February since 2002.

Daily record highs on Sunday included (new record in parentheses): Jackson, Mississippi (82 degrees), Lake Charles, Louisiana (80 degrees), Springfield, Illinois (71 degrees), Quincy, Illinois (71 degrees), Wilmington, Delaware (71 degrees), Chicago (69 degrees), Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (69 degrees), Newark, New Jersey (69 degrees), Allentown, Pennsylvania (68 degrees), Reading, Pennsylvania (68 degrees), JFK Airport (68 degrees), Rockford, Illinois (67 degrees), New York's La Guardia Airport (66 degrees), Scranton, Pennsylvania (65 degrees), Toledo, Ohio (65 degrees), Bridgeport, Connecticut (63 degrees), Grand Rapids, Michigan (62 degrees), Madison, Wisconsin (62 degrees), Poughkeepsie, New York (61 degrees) and Minneapolis (59 degrees).

Saturday (Feb. 18)

Chicago hit 70 degrees on Saturday, marking only the fourth time the temperature there has been 70 or higher in February dating to 1871.

An all-time record February high temperature of 59 degrees was tied in St. Cloud, Minnesota, Saturday, according to Bob Henson of wunderground.com . Records there date back 123 years. International Falls, Minnesota, also tied its February record high of 58 degrees.

Milwaukee maxed out 67 degrees Saturday, which crushed its daily record by 10 degrees and was only one degree away from its all-time February record high. Detroit's high of 69 degrees Saturday was also just one degree shy of the all-time February record in the Motor City.

The following cities set new daily record highs (new record in parentheses): Erie, Pennsylvania (70 degrees); Chicago (70 degrees); Detroit (69 degrees); Cleveland (69 degrees); Milwaukee (67 degrees); Toledo, Ohio (67 degrees); Columbus, Ohio (64 degrees); Toledo, Ohio (60 degrees); Grand Rapids, Michigan (59 degrees); Madison, Wisconsin (58 degrees); Alpena, Michigan (58 degrees); Green Bay, Wisconsin (57 degrees); Marquette, Michigan (54 degrees).

Friday (Feb. 17)

On Friday, numerous new daily record highs were set, including: Topeka, Kansas (77 degrees), Des Moines (75 degrees), Lincoln, Illinois (72 degrees, smashing the old record of 63 degrees), Grand Island, Nebraska (72 degrees), Chicago (67 degrees), Milwaukee (64 degrees, smashing previous record of 55 degrees), and Minneapolis (63 degrees, smashing the old record of 55 degrees).

Thursday (Feb. 16)

Record highs were set Thursday in Topeka (76 degrees), Denver (75 degrees), Rapid City (72 degrees), Lincoln, Nebraska (72 degrees) and Omaha, Nebraska (67 degrees).

Wednesday (Feb. 15)

A few record highs were also set on Wednesday, including Denver, which reached 67 degrees, and Rapid City, which saw the thermometer top out at 70 degrees.

Warm 2017 So Far

Much of the East and South have seen much warmer-than-average temperatures so far in 2017.

Several locations saw a top-five-warmest January on record, including Bridgeport, Connecticut, which experienced its warmest January with an average temperature of 36.9 degrees.

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Many locations in the South are on track to recording a top-five-warmest February, according to the Southeast Regional Climate Center . This includes Dallas, Houston and New Orleans.

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In addition, several all-time record-high temperatures for February were set Feb. 11 in Texas, including, Midland, Lubbock and Wichita Falls, where highs soared into the 90s. Denver also set a new record-earliest 80-degree day on Feb. 10, breaking the previous record by more than a full month.

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