The Raccoon Valley Radio-listening area could be in for record breaking daytime highs tomorrow.

According to the National Weather Service, Jefferson, Perry and Guthrie Center are anticipated to see the upper 60s to lower 70s on Wednesday. The National Weather Service Almanac shows all three communities recorded the highest daytime temperatures in 1939, including Guthrie Center at 61 degrees, Jefferson at 60 and Perry at 59 degrees. 

The average normal high temperature for this time of year is 37 degrees and the National Weather Service reports only three times since December 1st have the daytime highs been around that mark or below it. 

Weatherology Meteorologist Mandy Thalhuber says these recent warmer temperatures are unheard of, but stops short of attributing it to climate change.

“It’s hard to just take 12, 14, 15 days and call it a trend. Absolutely, this is again unspeakable about what we’re determining with this warm weather, we do not normally see this. We really take a look at, ‘Okay, what’s going on?’ ‘Why isn’t the weather pattern shifting?’ It has to do a lot with the climate.”

Thalhuber adds years of data needs to be gathered for climatology to definitely say that these warmer temperatures during the typically colder months can be related to climate change.