A cold front briefly cools off eastern New Mexico Thursday. Record high temperatures across the entire state move in by Saturday.
Albuquerque officially hit 80° for the first time this year as temperatures all across the state continue a warming trend. Highs in southern New Mexico climbed into the mid and upper 80s with northern New Mexico and southern Colorado climbed into the mid and upper 70s. A cold front will move into northeast New Mexico tonight, pushing south and east into Thursday morning. This will bring a breezy east canyon wind into the Rio Grande Valley later tonight, but the winds will settle down Thursday morning. The front will bring in slightly cooler temperatures to eastern New Mexico Thursday, while the western half of the state will continue to see warmer temperatures.
Temperatures will start warming again Friday in eastern parts of the state as high pressure starts moving into western New Mexico. A few places across the state will likely tie or break record high temperatures. Even hotter weather moves in Saturday with widespread record breaking highs. Temperatures will climb up to near 90° in the Albuquerque Metro with highs in the mid and upper 90s in southern parts of the state. Winds will pick up too on Saturday, bringing an elevated fire danger across the state. Temperatures cool off a few degrees Sunday with more breezy winds, bringing day of elevated fire danger.
Slightly cooler air will continue to move back into New Mexico next week, but highs will still be above average for most areas. There will be some chances for rain return to parts of New Mexico as early as next Tuesday and Wednesday, but if any rain showers or thunderstorms develop, they will be isolated.