Records for daily highs fall across region

Cities across the Inland Northwest saw daily high records broken on Tuesday as temperatures rose into the middle to upper 60s in numerous locations. Spokane broke a record dating back to 1892 when the temperature rose to 67 degrees at Spokane International Airport. The old record was 65. Records were also set in Moses Lake at 67, Coeur d’Alene at 66, Pullman at 69 and Bonners Ferry at 66. The mild air was being pushed ahead of a Pacific storm system that is expected to send two weak waves of clouds and potential rainfall to the region on Wednesday. Temperatures will remain mild in the upper 50s before another pulse of warm air arrives for the rest of the work week with highs returning to the 60s under sunny skies. The weekend forecast calls for a chance of soaking rainfall and gusty winds. Thunderstorms are possible later in the weekend as colder air moves in aloft from the northwest.