Pete DeMola reporting for the Times Union that the weekend-long period of warm weather is nearing record-breaking status in the Capital Region. Temperatures reached 71 degrees at Albany International Airport by 9 a.m. on Nov. 6, for three consecutive 70-degree-plus days, a rare record in November, according to the National Weather Service in Albany. A series of warm days in November has happened six times before, but the real record will be set if the streak continues on Nov. 7. Four straight days above 70 degrees have not occurred since records began in 1874. Joe Villani, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Albany, said the temps on Nov. 7 are going to be very close at 69 or 70. Saturday’s high of 76 degrees broke the daily record of 75 degrees set on Nov. 5, 1994. The record high for Nov. 6 is 73 degrees, Villani said. The average high for November is 53 degrees with a low of 35, he said. The warm temperatures s in the northeast can be attributed to gusty winds helping to push a warm air mass up the East Coast, a product of a jet stream that is positioned in the north. Temperatures are forecast to drop back into the high 30s by the evening of Nov. 7, as the region eases back into a more conventional fall weather pattern. Albany also experienced three-day 70-degree streaks in November in 1928, 1931, 1975, 1982, 2005, and 2020. The record-high November temperature of 82 was set on Nov. 2, 1950. Read the full story in the Times Union.