A long standing temperature record has been broken Friday in Marion County.

The previous all-time high on February 17th was 67 set in 1948. The afternoon hightopped out near 73 degrees throughout much of the county.

More near-record warmth is expected through at least the middle of next week. The record high is 68 (2011) today, 66 (1930) on Sunday and 67 (1930) on Monday.

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