Except for unlucky locations in far northern Iowa, temperatures soared well above average on Tuesday. Cedar Rapids was able to tie a record high temperature for the date of 64 degrees. This is the warmest high year to date for the site which is illustrated by the featured chart. It depicts the climatology of year to date maximum temperature along with the actual observations this year. The remarkable jump up yesterday sticks out as previously the value was just slightly below long term average. Some warm weather remains in the forecast, but nothing as warm as Tuesday.

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