For the second day in a row, a wave of warm air from the Southwest has swept into New Jersey and has pushed temperatures to record highs in some areas of the state, according to preliminary data from the National Weather Service. Even before noon on Monday, it was feeling more like late May than early March as temperatures climbed into the mid-70s in many towns across the region and into the upper 70s in parts of Monmouth and Ocean counties. By 11:30 a.m., the mercury at Trenton Mercer Airport had reached 72 degrees, tying a record for the warmest temperature ever recorded at that site in Ewin…