It was a cold start to spring Thursday morning across New Mexico. Much warmer weather is on the way by next week. Very cold temperatures settled into New Mexico this morning with Gallup breaking a record low of 5°! Moriarty was one of the coldest spots in the state, dropping down to 2°. Temper atures around Albuquerque got down into the 20s and teens. Temperatures have climbed quickly this afternoon, into the 50s and 60s for most of the state. Winds have also picked up across northeast New Mexico where they are gusting up to around 40 mph at times. This is bringing a high fire danger to eastern parts of New Mexico. Calm weather returns Friday as high temperatures will be back to near and slightly above average for this time of year. Windy weather returns Saturday with westerly winds gusting 35 to 50 mph, especially in central and eastern New Mexico. This will again bring a high fire danger to these areas. A cold front moves into the state Saturday night, slightly dropping high temperatures on Sunday with a bigger drop across the eastern part of the state. Clouds will increase Sunday as well with a chance for a couple sprinkles in the northern mountains. High pressure starts building towards New Mexico early next week. This will bring in a stretch of warmer, calmer, and dry weather through at least next Friday. High temperatures by the middle of the week will be some of the warmest so far this year. Albuquerque could see it's first 80° day of the year by Wednesday. ...read more read less