The Lehigh Valley on Tuesday tied a record high temperature set in 2016, according to data from the National Weather Service.<\/p>\n
The thermometer at Lehigh Valley International Airport topped out at 80 degrees Tuesday afternoon, following Monday\u2019s unusually warm weather that had people rushing outside.<\/p>\n
Meteorologist Alex Staarmann at the weather service\u2019s Mount Holly, New Jersey, forecast office confirmed the reading, adding that Tuesday\u2019s temperature makes it the third-earliest 80-degree day on record for the Lehigh Valley.<\/p>\n
The chart below shows record highs and lows for every day in March.\u00a0The reports for March 10 are preliminary and may be subject to revision.<\/p>\n
The National Weather Service predicts mild temperatures to persist through Wednesday, although rain showers are expected to move in around noon.<\/p>\n
But don\u2019t plant your petunias just yet: Cooler temperatures are expected to return, including nights below freezing.<\/p>\n
Here is the forecast for the rest of the week:<\/p>\n
Wednesday: A chance of showers, mainly after 1 p.m. Partly sunny, with a high near 76. Light and variable wind becoming south 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.<\/p>\n
Wednesday night: Showers likely before 11 p.m., then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 11 p.m. and 2 a.m., then showers likely after 2 a.m. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 47. Southwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a 10th and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.<\/p>\n
Thursday: A chance of showers before 2 p.m. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 53. Northwest wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts between a 10th and quarter of an inch possible.<\/p>\n
Thursday night: Mostly clear, with a low around 30. West wind 5 to 10 mph.<\/p>\n
Friday: Partly sunny, with a high near 48.<\/p>\n
Friday night: A chance of rain before 2 a.m. Partly cloudy, with a low around 36. Chance of precipitation is 30%.<\/p>\n
Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 50.<\/p>\n
Sunday: Cloudy, with a high near 59.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Lehigh Valley on Tuesday tied a record high temperature set in 2016, according to data from the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":134870,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[119,121,120,433,182,139,434,28,432,1133],"class_list":["post-134869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-allentown","tag-allentown","tag-allentown-headlines","tag-allentown-news","tag-lehigh-county","tag-local-news","tag-news","tag-northampton-county","tag-pennsylvania","tag-top-stories-tmc","tag-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134869","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134869"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134869\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/134870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}