Caribou Crushes Temperature Record 80s Widespread in Northern New England

Image (click to enlarge): High temperatures on April 3 in northern Vermont and northeastern New York, from National Weather Service

April 5 AM Update: Temperature records set or tied on Sunday, April 4: (old record and date in parentheses):

Caribou ME         73 (62, 1987)
Portland ME        76 (63, 1991)
Portland ME        46 (45, 1981) [warmest minimum]
Boston MA          77 (75, 1950)
Providence RI      76 (70, 1950)
LaGuardia Airpt NY 76 (75, 1974)
JFK Airpt NY       73 (69, 1997)
Islip NY           75 (66, 1997)
Bridgeport CT      68 (68, 1960) 

Additional report from April 3:

Worcester MA     76 (71, 1974) 

Original post:
The recent early April warmth in the eastern U.S. has extended well into northern New England this weekend. On Saturday, Caribou, Maine utterly demolished its daily temperature record for April 3 with a high of 82°. This smashed the old record of 58° by 24° and exceeded the long-term average by an astonishing 41°. For an equivalent low temperature record to be set, it would have to be as cold as 17° below zero. The low for the day of 43° was 2° above the normal high. Climate records at Caribou date back to 1939. Caribou followed this with a more modest reading of 73° today, breaking the 1987 record of 62°.

Also exceeding their records in northern New England and New York by a wide margin on April 3 were (old record and date in parentheses):

Houlton ME       78 (62, 1981)
Bangor ME        70 (62, 1967)
Concord NH       82 (74, 1981)
St. Johnsbury VT 83 (75, 1981)
Burlington VT    82 (73, 1981)
Massena NY       85 (72, 1981)
Montpelier VT    84 (71, 1981)  

Temperatures in the 80s were widespread over Vermont, northern New York, and into southern Canada, even at elevations over 1000 feet:

 VERMONT 

    RANDOLPH MESONET                       86
    NULHEGAN RAWS                          86
    HIGHGATE AIRPORT AWOS                  86
    EAST BERKSHIRE COOP                    86
    NORTHFIELD COOP                        85
    NORTH UNDERHILL                        85
    NORTH TROY                             85
    NEWPORT COOP                           85
    MORRISVILLE ASOS                       85
    ISLAND POND AIRPORT                    85
    DANBY RAWS                             85
    PASSUMPSIC                             84
    NEWBURY AOT                            84
    MONTPELIER KNAPP AIRPORT ASOS          84
    MARSHFIELD MESONET                     84
    EDEN COOP                              84
    CANAAN MESONET                         84
    BURKE MOUNTAIN                         84
    BETHEL COOP                            84
    WESTFORD                               83
    ST. JOHNSBURY ASOS                     83
    SAINT ALBANS COOP                      83
    RUTLAND COOP                           83
    ROCHESTER COOP                         83
    NASHVILLE 1 E                          83
    GALLUP MILLS NERON                     83
    ESSEX JUNCTION                         83
    WFO BURLINGTON VT                      82
    WEST PAWLET MESONET                    82
    SUTTON COOP                            82
    SUTTON 2NE COOP                        82
    RUTLAND AIRPORT AWOS                   82
    NEW HAVEN RIVER USGS                   82
    MT HOLLY MESONET                       82
    MILTON MESONET                         82
    MANCHESTER                             82
    LYNDON STATE COLLEGE                   82
    GEORGIA AOT                            82
    GEORGIA AOT                            82
    FAIRFAX MESONET                        82
    EAST CHARLESTON                        82
    WOODSTOCK COOP                         81
    WILLISTON AOT                          81
    UNDERHILL                              81
    SUNDERLAND                             81
    SUDBURY MESONET                        81
    NEWPORT AIRPORT ASOS                   81
    HINESBURG 2W                           81
    HANKSVILLE COOP                        81
    FERRISBURG                             81
    CHESTER                                81
    SOUTH LINCOLN COOP                     80
    RANDOLPH RAWS                          80
    CAVENDISH COOP                         80
 NORTHERN NEW YORK 
    MALONE COOP                            87
    OGDENSBERG AIRPORT ASOS                86
    SARANAC LAKE / ADIRONDACK ARPT ASOS    85
    MASSENA RICHARDS FIELD ASOS            85
    FORT DRUM                              85
    WANAKENA RNGR SCHOOL COOP              84
    MT VAN HOEVENBURG                      82
    LONG LAKE MESONET                      82
    KEENE                                  82
    ELLENBURG DEPOT                        82
    SCHROON LAKE                           81
    PERU                                   81
    NORTH CREEK (1030FT)                   81
    LOWVILLE                               81
    NORTH HEBRON (1100 FT)                 80