Thursday was the warmest March day St. Louis has ever recorded

Thursday was the warmest March day St. Louis has ever recorded, according to the National Weather Service.

The high temperature at the airport was 93 degrees, which broke both that day’s record and the month’s record. The previous March record stood for nearly 100 years — that was 92 degrees, set on March 24, 1929.

Thursday also set another record. The St. Louis Cardinals recorded the highest temperature for the first pitch of a full season, at 91 degrees. That beat the previous record of 73 degrees, set in 1999…

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