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Record temps in Chicago, Minneapolis and throughout the Midwest

We weren't alone on our unseasonably warm weekend

Clinton River, Feb. 19, 2017

DETROIT – We saw record temperatures this weekend in Metro Detroit, smashing the high mark on Saturday by 7 degrees and breaking the Sunday mark by 2 degrees. 

We weren't alone. Communities across the Midwest experienced Un-February-like conditions and set their own records.

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Chicago set records on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, reaching 70 degrees on Saturday. And, unlike here, Windy City temps are expected to hang in the 60s to maybe 70. We're expected to drop into the 50s. 

Minneapolis-St. Paul also saw a nice run of record weather, setting daily records on Friday, Saturday and Sunday and coming 1 degree short of setting the all-time February record for the region. 

Pittsburgh, Columbia, Mo., Milwaukee and scores of other cities post new highs. 

RELATED: This week's forecast from Local 4 meteorologist Paul Gross here

Want to know why it got so warm over the weekend? Paul Gross breaks it down here, but the quick answer is the jetstream shifted north allowing warm air to flow up this way.

Here's the jetstream from over the weekend:


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