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Heat in Middle Rio Grande Valley, New Mexico

Heat March 20, 1997 – March 21, 1997 · Middle Rio Grande Valley, New Mexico

What the National Weather Service wrote

Daily record high temperatures of 77 and 81 degrees were set at Albuquerque on the 20th and 21st. This capped nearly three weeks of dry and unusually warm weather. Temperatures during the period across the northern two-thirds of the state averaged 4 to 8 degrees warmer than normal raising concern for a high fire danger season and prompting the early budding of trees and greening of spring plants and grasses.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5604118. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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