Record Heat on East Coast

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Daily high temperature records were set from Maine to Florida on December 3:

A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 63 DEGREES WAS SET AT BANGOR ME YESTERDAY.   
THIS BREAKS THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 60 SET IN 1932.  

A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 68 DEGREES WAS SET AT THE PORTLAND   
JETPORT TODAY. THIS SHATTERS THE OLD RECORD OF 55 DEGREES SET IN   
1986.  
  
THE 68 DEGREE READING WAS THE 4TH WARMEST EVER RECORDED AT THE   
PORTLAND JETPORT IN THE MONTH OF DECEMBER. HERE IS A LIST OF THE   
WARMEST DECEMBER TEMPERATURES AT THE JETPORT...  
  
RANK     TEMPERATURE     DATE  
  
 1       71 DEGREES      DECEMBER 6, 2001  
         71 DEGREES      DECEMBER 7, 1998  
 3       69 DEGREES      DECEMBER 4, 1982  
 4       68 DEGREES      DECEMBER 3, 2009   <===  
 5       66 DEGREES      DECEMBER 1, 2001  
         66 DEGREES      DECEMBER 23, 1990  
 7       65 DEGREES      DECEMBER 4, 1998  
 8       64 DEGREES      DECEMBER 12, 1979  
 9       62 DEGREES      DECEMBER 1, 1962  
10       61 DEGREES      DECEMBER 1, 2006  
         61 DEGREES      DECEMBER 2, 1998  

A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 65 DEGREES WAS SET AT CONCORD NH   
TODAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 60 SET IN 1932.  

THE HIGH TEMPERATURE AT THE BURLINGTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN  
SOUTH BURLINGTON VERMONT WAS 59 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON. THIS  
BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 56 DEGREES SET ON THIS DATE IN 1982.  
  
THE HIGH TEMPERATURE AT KNAPP STATE AIRPORT IN MONTPELIER VERMONT  
WAS 59 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 52   
DEGREES SET ON THIS DATE IN 1982.  
  
THE HIGH TEMPERATURE AT THE FAIRBANKS MUSEUM IN SAINT JOHNSBURY  
VERMONT WAS 54 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON. THIS TIES THE RECORD   
PREVIOUSLY SET ON THIS DATE IN 1970.  

THE TEMPERATURE PEAKED AT 69 DEGREES AT LOGAN AIRPORT IN EAST BOSTON   
MA AT 206 PM.  
  
THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 65 DEGREES DATING BACK TO 1932. THE   
NORMAL HIGH FOR DECEMBER 3RD IN BOSTON MA IS 46 DEGREES.   
  
THE TEMPERATURE PEAKED AT 67 DEGREES AT THE BLUE HILL OBSERVATORY  
IN MILTON MA AT 1 PM.   
  
THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 61 DEGREES SET IN 1950 AND 1932. THE   
NORMAL HIGH FOR DECEMBER 3RD IN MILTON MA IS 43 DEGREES.  

A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 64 DEGREES WAS SET AT BRIDGEPORT CT   
TODAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 61 SET IN 1998.  

ON THURSDAY...DECEMBER 3...2009...THE TEMPERATURE REACHED 62 DEGREES   
AT ALBANY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AT 1051 AM EST. THIS SETS A NEW   
RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR THE DATE. THE PREVIOUS RECORD HIGH   
TEMPERATURE WAS 58 DEGREES...SET IN 1998.  

A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 68 DEGREES WAS SET AT WILMINGTON DE TODAY.   
THIS TIES THE OLD RECORD OF 68 SET IN 1998.  

A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 66 DEGREES WAS SET AT WALLOPS ISLAND   
VA TODAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 64 SET IN 1991.  

THE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE TODAY AT FORT LAUDERDALE INTERNATIONAL   
AIRPORT REACHED 89 DEGREES AT 1:40 PM EST. THIS BREAKS THE RECORD   
HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR DECEMBER 3RD...PREVIOUSLY 87 DEGREES SET IN   
1921. THIS ALSO IS JUST ONE DEGREE SHY OF TYING THE ALL TIME RECORD   
HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER...WHICH IS 90 DEGREES SET   
ON DECEMBER 8, 1919.