Record Warmest Year for Entire Northeast

As posted earlier, 2012 was the warmest year on record for many major cities in the Northeast. Preliminary data from the Northeast Regional Climate Center in the table below show that it was also the warmest on record for 8 of the 12 states in the region and for the region overall.

State	Annual 2012			Coolest		Warmest
	Temperature	Departure	Rank	Average	Year	Average	Year
Connecticut	52.5	3.0	118	44.9	1904	52.5	2012
Delaware	58.8	3.1	118	51.4	1904	58.8	2012
Maine	44.1	2.7	115	38.4	1904	45.6	1913
Maryland	56.9	2.2	117	50.6	1917	57.0	1998
Massachusetts	51.1	2.8	118	44.4	1904	51.1	2012
New Hampshire	47.2	3.0	118	39.5	1926	47.2	2012
New Jersey	55.8	2.6	118	48.6	1904	55.8	2012
New York	49.0	3.1	118	41.7	1904	49.0	2012
Pennsylvania	51.8	2.6	116	46.1	1917	52.0	1998
Rhode Island	53.4	2.9	118	45.2	1917	53.4	2012
Vermont	46.3	3.2	118	38.6	1904	46.3	2012
West Virginia	54.1	2.0	116	49.0	1917	54.7	1921
Northeast	50.2	2.7	118	44.0	1917	50.2	2012