Large swaths of the U.S. set daily temperature records

Unusually high temperatures in the South and Northeast U.S. on Saturday broke records marked on the same day in prior years. (National Weather Service)

Large portions of the country, stretching from Texas to the Northeast, set new daily temperature records over the weekend.

Well above normal temps continued on Sunday, largely in the Northeast in Connecticut and Massachusetts, said Marc Chenard, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service.

The record-breaking early season heat wave “is not all that common, but it’s not unprecedented by any means,” Chenard said.