New Mexicans should prepare for a historic heat wave peaking this weekend. On Tuesday, the New Mexico Department of Health issued a warning advising residents to look out for signs of heat illness as the temperature jumps to levels the National Weather Service said usually arrive just before June.
Clay Anderson, senior forecaster at the NWS, said the temperature in Albuquerque is expected to go from 76 degrees on Monday to 91 by Saturday.
“Which would be an all time March record high for the entire month of March,” he said, “and we beat it by six degrees.”…