National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office

Record High Temperature Set for February 25

 

At 3:05 PM AST February 25^th, 2010 the temperature soared to 93 degrees at the Luis Muñoz Marin International Airport in San Juan. This broke the previous record of 92 degrees set back in 1983. With a record warm minimum temperature of 76 degrees on the morning of the 25^th, the average temperature for the day was an astounding 84.5 degrees, 8 degrees above the 30 year normal for the date. In addition, this marked only the 6^th time that the temperature ever reached 93 degrees or greater during the winter months in San Juan (December-February), with the last time being February 11^th, 1992.

Since January 1^st, 2010, this marks the 5^th record high maximum temperature and the 7^th record high minimum temperature recorded at the Luis Muñoz Marin International Airport in San Juan. In fact, the average temperature of nearly 80 degrees this February is similar to what would normally be recorded during the months of May or November. Below is a table summarizing some of the records set through the first 56 days of 2010.

 

 

79.6ºF	1981
78.9ºF	1983
78.8ºF	2010

 

 

*Records from the Luis Muñoz Marin International Airport date back to January 1^st, 1956