A LONG-STANDING TEMPERATURE RECORD IS SET IN ALBUQUERQUE. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAYS THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IN MARCH WAS 54.8 DEGREES…ALMOST 7-DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL…AND THE WARMEST EVER FOR MARCH.
IT BREAKS A RECORD THAT HAD STOOD FOR 110 YEARS. METEOROLOGIST CLAY ANDERSON SAYS ALBUQUERQUE HAD 14 CONSECUTIVE DAYS WITH HIGHS ABOVE 70, WHICH HE SAYS IS UNPRECEDENTED.