Mild Thursday Ties Boston's Record High Temperature

Defying the date on the calendar, Boston hit record-tying high temperatures for the date on this mild Thursday.

According to the National Weather Service, parts of Boston got up to 63 degrees around noon, temps that may have climbed higher still, if not for a light cloud covering and rain that moved in later in the afternoon.

Around Allston, the high was 63 degrees, according to NWS. Charlestown, Mattapan and South Boston all hit 62. The temperature recorded for the city itself was 61 degrees.

That kind of warmth on Jan. 12 represents a tie, matching Boston's 61-degree high set in January of 1913, and again in 1975, according to NWS.

NWS attributes Thursday's burst of warmth to a southern stream upper jet that's "ushering the mild air up into the Northeast United States." You can read more about it on the NWS site, here.

In the interest of preventing whiplash, let us just warn you now — it's supposed to drop back down below freezing come Saturday.

Ah, winter in New England...

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