Wednesday’s Cubs game was one of the warmest ever this early in the season at Wrigley

If you thought it was pretty unusual to have a 77-degree temperature on April 12 at Wrigley Field, you’re right.

That was the game-time temp for Wednesday’s Cubs/Mariners game, and in searching baseball-reference’s database, I found just three other games with a temperature that high or higher before April 15:

April 6, 2021, vs. Brewers: 79 degrees
April 14, 2003, vs. Reds: 79 degrees
April 10, 1977, vs. Mets: 82 degrees

Now, I should note that this is not a definitive list. BB-ref’s database doesn’t have game-time temps for every single game, and notably, the 1984 season doesn’t have any listed at all (though I checked the two home games before April 15 that year and it was in the 40s and 50s those dates).