Surge of warmth just set February records in the East, with more on the way

It was another week of numerous record highs and warm nighttime lows, from the Great Lakes to the Northeast. In addition to calendar day records, a number of monthly records were also toppled.

The peak of this warm wave came along Wednesday into Thursday. Although very mild temperatures persisted into early Friday in much of the Northeast, a cold front was beginning to sweep the toasty February conditions out of the region.