The groundhog may have been onto something as far as an early spring is concerned, as people enjoy unseasonably mild weather.
High temperatures flirted with records across portions of southwestern Ontario Thursday, but only one record fell. That may change for Friday.
In Windsor, the high at the airport Thursday was 13.5 C, but Environment Canada Warning Preparedness Meteorologist Trudy Kidd said the record has been around a long time and will stay safe.
"The Windsor record is actually 13.9, which was set back in 1925," said Kidd.
It was a different story in London, where the temperature on Thursday rose to 10.7, knocking down the record of 8.1 set on February 8, 1990.
More records may fall Friday.
"In London, the record for Friday, February 9, is 9.8 C, set in 2001," said Kidd. "Our forecast will be around 14 degrees."
Windsor's forecast may flirt with the record of 16.1 C, set last year. In Chatham-Kent, the record may fall from last year's 13.9 C.
Kidd said you can thank a low-pressure system for this break from winter, but it will be back to reality for the weekend and next week across the region.
"Temperatures will begin to drop down back to the seasonal direction," said Kidd. "So, by mid-next week, we'll be right around that normal temperature, and looking into February, beyond next week, we're predicting pretty normal temperatures."
