Heat Wave In New Mexico

Above, yours truly enjoying Jerry's Cafe's air conditioning Friday.

Yesterday, the thermometer in Jamestown, New Mexico reached a high of approximately 81°. This was a far cry from the cold temperatures we were getting the the past several months.

Jamestown wasn't the only place in New Mexico who saw high temperatures.

The Albuquerque Journal reported:

Spring sprang like summer on Friday as heat records were shattered in many parts of New Mexico.

But while some people found ways to enjoy the unseasonably warm weather, state officials are on high alert for heat-related illness among vulnerable populations, elevated wildfire risk in tinder-dry forests and a lack of spring runoff amid record-low snowpack.

Clay Anderson, a forecaster for the National Weather Service in Albuquerque, said the state’s largest city already broke its heat record for the month of March on Thursday with a high of 88 degrees, eclipsing a previous record of 85 degrees, recorded in both 1907 and 1971.

That bar rose again on Friday, to 89 degrees, and is expected to hit 90 Saturday in Albuquerque — which would make it the earliest 90 degree-day recorded in the city. The last such record was set in 1947, when Albuquerque hit 90 on May 3.

Anderson said temperatures in several other areas of the state will also reach record highs in coming days.

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