Region set to shatter record highs as temperatures soar into 70s

Warm fronts this time of year, right through the spring, often stall as they try to move through the vast topography of New Hampshire.

As of just after 2 p.m., records that have been around since the 1940s were broken in Queens and Long Island.

Areas of dense fog will develop again tonight and stick around through early Wednesday morning. Also as of 12p, temperatures ranged from the upper 50s and lower 60s inland to the upper 40s and 50s along the coast.

Meteorologists say warm weather, near 70 degrees, will settle across the Merrimack Valley through Wednesday. It will bring back seasonable temperatures.

Wednesday will be even warmer, with the high expected to reach 70 degrees.

Much of that snow is gone after Sunday’s milder temperatures.

Between 100ths to 300ths of rain had fallen in the mountains, the weather service said; the amount of snow that fell could not be gauged.

“It’s not going to be a complete washout, but there will be periods of rain showers”, she said.

The National Weather Service (NWS) said many high temperature records may be in jeopardy for the next few days. Likelihood of ABOVE normal temperatures is quite high through March’s opening days.

The average high temperature in Boston for February 21 is 40 degrees. That was set back in 1930, and it looks like we will break that one. The National Weather Service says the expected warmth on Wednesday will rise 30 degrees above normal temperatures.