Our broken records are becoming a broken record.
Today:
RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 0431 PM EST WED FEB 19 2020 ...RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE TIED AT ORLANDO... A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 88 WAS SET AT ORLANDO TODAY. THIS TIES THE OLD RECORD OF 88 SET IN 1962.
Tuesday:
RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 243 AM EST WED FEB 19 2020 ...RECORD HIGH AND RECORD WARM MINIMUM TEMPERATURES TIED AT ORLANDO ON TUESDAY... THE HIGH TEMPERATURE AT THE ORLANDO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ON TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18TH WAS 87 DEGREES. THIS TIED THE PREVIOUS RECORD FOR THE DATE, SET IN 1975, 1962, 1961, 1944 AND 1918. THE LOW TEMPERATURE WAS 65 DEGREES, WHICH TIED THE PREVIOUS RECORD WARM MINIMUM TEMPERATURE FOR THE DATE, SET IN 2019, 1995, 1990 AND 1926.
This follows previous record-tying high temperatures earlier in the month (1) (2).
It’s February. Not that it appears to matter.