Nice day, no record
<p>Jenna Carey walks off the end of a plank Monday on the shore of Lake Coeur d'Alene. Carey and a friend spent the afternoon at the lake enjoying the spring-like weather.</p>
It might have been a day warm enough for shorts on Monday, but it wasn't a record-breaking heat wave.
"No record warm cigar," said Coeur d'Alene climatologist Cliff Harris.
Monday saw a high of 61, just below the record high for March 1. That belongs to 1968, which boasted 66 degrees that day.
Monday was, however, the warmest day since Oct. 17 last year, when thermometers read 62 degrees and then bid farewell to sunny skies.
"This (March 1) didn't come in like a roaring lion. It came in like a cuddly lamb," Harris said.
He predicts some rain over the next few days, he added. There is still a chance of snow sometime this month, though there's no guarantee.
"We might get 10 inches, we might get nothing," he said.