Warm Weather Forecast for Swathes of the U.S., After Bitter Winter Storm

Following a deep freeze across the U.S, a respite is imminent—with daily record temperatures expected in the coming days for central and eastern parts of the country.

Spring-like temperatures will come earlier than usual, with a warming up expected later this weekend and into next week, when temperatures are expected to be above average in many places, according to Weather Nation.

The mercury could hit the 50s and 60s in the Northeast and the 60s and 70s in the mid-Atlantic and Southeast, weather forecasters say.

Temperatures are predicted to reach up to 30 degrees above average for this time of year in the Northern and Central Plains into the Great Lakes region early next week.

Daily record highs might happen in the Northern Plains into the upper Midwest on Monday and Tuesday, according to Weather.com, with Minneapolis forecast to reach 66 degrees, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, (69F) and Green Bay, Wisconsin, (61).

There are also likely to be daily record warm low temperatures in the Plains and Midwest during the middle of next week.

Conditions will be at their warmest in the north-central U.S. during the middle of next week and in the Northeast towards Friday. Meanwhile, above average temperatures in the South and East will carry on throughout the week, according to NOAA's Climate Prediction Center.

The warmer climate is thanks to a change in the jet stream, which by the middle of next week should head southwards over the western U.S. and then bulge northwards over the Plains and the East.

A ridge of high pressure over the East means that southerly winds will spread warmth northwards east of the Rockies.

Following a chilly weekend for much of the Northeast, things will start warming up from Tuesday, where highs will be up to 25 degrees above average by Thursday, except for Florida, according to Weather.com.

It follows a month of severe coast-to-coast weather of storms and cold estimated to have caused total damage and economic loss of around $155 billion, with around $130 billion of that due to the outages in Texas alone, according to AccuWeather. This puts the financial impact of the weather more costly than the 2020 hurricane season.

Despite warmer temperatures on the way, meteorologists have also warned that March is a volatile month and those in the Central and Southern states should be wary of storms.

The zone between Texas and parts of Iowa, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio could face potentially severe thunderstorms between the middle and end of next week, according to AccuWeather.