It's official! Warmest day of the year was yesterday

I think we can officialy say spring is here, and summer is probably not too far away, given the temps recorded around the area yesterday! My blog poll last week asked when the first 85 degree temperature would be recorded. A whopping ZERO of you voted for "prior to April 25"! Well, you were all wrong -and so was I!

The official high on Thursday (April 23) was 85, with many stations in the Mid-South surpassing that (see below), including here at WXLIVE! where the high hit 87! The normal high of 74 was surpassed by mid-morning (even with a few stray showers passing through) and while a record was not broken, it definitely was very warm. How warm will it be as we head into the weekend? Check out the MWN Forecast, but I can give you a hint - we may not be done with mid 80s yet!

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MAX/MIN TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION TABLE FOR THE MIDSOUTH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
722 PM CDT THU APR 23 2009

STATION HIGH LOW PCPN

MEMPHIS      85 62 0.00
NWS MEMPHIS  87 59 T
JACKSON      88 50 0.00
DYERSBURG    88 54 0.00
SAVANNAH     85 M M
LEXINGTON    86 M M
HUNTINGDON   85 M M
UNION CITY   86 M M
PARIS        86 M M
JONESBORO    83 58 0.00
BLYTHEVILLE  87 58 0.00
WALNUT RIDGE 82 57 0.00
WEST MEMPHIS 84 58 T
TUPELO       87 56 0.00
CORINTH      91 55 M

SOME STATIONS CONTAIN ESTIMATED DATA.