【听新闻练听力】High temperatures across the Midwest, East

>>> across much of the midwest in eastern parts of this country today, the ides of march felt a lot more like summer. in washington they broke another all-time record on the third straight day of 80 plus temperatures. the cherry blossoms are out. a whole lot of people who made reservations to see them at the usual time of year may be out of luck. chicago, which has had its share of snowstorms on this very day in the past, enjoyed a beach-like day on lake michigan instead. the warm spell in the upper midwest is breaking records, some that have been in place almost a century. more than 5,600 record high temperatures have been set or tied across this country just so far this year. more than 1/5 of those were in the last seven days. it is forecast to be warmer in north dakota this weekend than it is in arizona.