Lettuce is bolting and seeding. A wildfire is burning in the Huachuca Mountains. Folks shopped the Fourth Avenue Street Fair in shorts this past weekend.
Yes, it is December. And yes, it should be colder — 10 to 15 degrees colder than the high temperatures predicted for this week.
Look for highs in the upper 70s on Tuesday and in the low 80s on Wednesday and Thursday, threatening the Dec. 14 record of 80 in 2010 and the Dec. 15 record of 81 set in 1969.
A storm will move in Friday, bringing wind and reducing temperatures to more normal levels. The storm could bring mountain snow and valley rain to the region over the weekend, said meteorologist Emily French of the National Weather Service in Tucson, though “confidence is low” at the moment.
Weekend high temperatures should be slightly below average, which, for this time of year, is 65 degrees, French said.
