On this date in 1930, the temperature soared to a February record of 84 degrees, the warmest day observed so early in the year. The toasty day came amid an exceptional stretch of warmth that began Feb. 19 and ended Feb. 26 — highs surpassed 70 four times and were 66 degrees or higher on all but one day.
Here are other notables for the day:
- Average high: 51
- Average low: 34
- Record high: 84 (1930)
- Record low: Minus-1 (1914)
- Record precipitation: 1.19 inches (1886)
- Record snowfall: 6.5 inches (1894)
