Saturday, April 25, 2009

Early-Season Heat Reaches East Coast
Records Set from Maine to North Carolina

Image (click to enlarge): Surface temperature at 4 pm April 25 from Unisys

Record heat continued moving eastward Saturday. Here are some National Weather Service record daily temperature reports:
Maine:
A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 77 DEGREES WAS SET AT CARIBOU MAINE
SEVERAL TIMES THIS AFTERNOON. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 76 SET
IN 1942. THIS REPORT WILL BE UPDATED PRIOR TO MIDNIGHT IN THE EVENT
THE TEMPERATURE RISES ANOTHER DEGREE OR TWO PRIOR TO 6 PM EDT.

Vermont:
THE HIGH TEMPERATURE AT THE BURLINGTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN
SOUTH BURLINGTON VERMONT WAS 86 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON. THIS
BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 84 DEGREES SET ON THIS DATE IN 1913.

THE HIGH TEMPERATURE AT KNAPP STATE AIRPORT IN MONTPELIER VERMONT
WAS 85 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 78 DEGREES
SET ON THIS DATE IN 1982.

THE HIGH TEMPERATURE AT THE FAIRBANKS MUSEUM IN SAINT JOHNSBURY
VERMONT WAS 87 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD
OF 85 DEGREES SET ON THIS DATE IN 1913.

THE HIGH TEMPERATURE ATOP MOUNT MANSFIELD VERMONT WAS 67 DEGREES
THIS AFTERNOON. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 62 DEGREES SET ON
THIS DATE IN 1957.

Massachusetts:
A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 86 DEGREES WAS SET AT WORCESTER MA
TODAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 83 SET IN 1942.

...DAILY RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE TIED AT BOSTON LOGAN AIRPORT...
AT 3:27 PM THE TEMPERATURE REACHED 83 DEGREES TYING THE OLD RECORD
OF 83 DEGREES SET IN 1982.

Connecticut:
A NEW RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR THIS DATE WAS SET FOR HARTFORD CT.
AT 327 PM THE TEMPERATURE AT BRADLEY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT REACHED
91 DEGREES. THIS BROKE THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 87 DEGREES SET IN 1915.

New York:
A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 79 DEGREES WAS SET AT WATERTOWN NY TODAY.
THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 77 SET IN 2008.

A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 85 DEGREES WAS SET AT BINGHAMTON NY
TODAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 81 SET IN 1990.

A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 88 DEGREES WAS SET AT SYRACUSE NY
TODAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 83 SET IN 1990.

THE HIGH TEMPERATURE AT RICHARDS FIELD IN MASSENA NEW YORK WAS 83
DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 76 DEGREES
SET ON THIS DATE IN 1990.

AS OF 3 PM EDT ON SATURDAY...APRIL 25...2009...THE TEMPERATURE AT
ALBANY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT REACHED 88 DEGREES. THIS BREAKS THE
RECORD DAILY MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE FOR THE DATE. THE PREVIOUS RECORD
HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR THE DATE WAS 86 DEGREES...SET BACK IN 1915.
RECORDS AT ALBANY GO BACK TO 1874.

ON SATURDAY...APRIL 25...2009...THE HIGH TEMPERATURE AT ALBANY
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WAS 89 DEGREES. THIS BREAKS THE RECORD DAILY
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE FOR THE DATE. THE PREVIOUS RECORD HIGH
TEMPERATURE FOR THE DATE WAS 86 DEGREES...SET BACK IN 1915. RECORDS
AT ALBANY GO BACK TO 1874.

Pennsylvania:
AT PITTSBURGH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, THE HIGH WAS 87. THIS TIES THE
RECORD HIGH FOR THE DATE SET IN 1990. THE LOW WAS 69, BREAKING THE
RECORD WARM LOW TEMPERATURE, 66 FROM 1925. THE MEAN TEMPERATURE WAS
78, BREAKING THE RECORD HIGH MEAN TEMPERATURE, 76 FROM 1925.

A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 87 DEGREES WAS SET AT AVOCA PA
TODAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 83 SET IN 1960.

A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 86 DEGREES WAS SET AT THE ERIE
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TODAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 85 SET IN
1957.

New Jersey:
THE HIGH TEMPERATURE TODAY AT THE ATLANTIC CITY INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT IN POMONA TOPPED OUT AT A HOT 92 DEGREES. THIS SURPASSED THE
PREVIOUS RECORD HIGH FOR THIS DATE OF 89 DEGREES, WHICH WAS SET BACK
IN 1994.

Delaware:
THE HIGH TEMPERATURE TODAY AT THE GEORGETOWN AIRPORT WAS A HOT 93
DEGREES. THIS SURPASSED THE PREVIOUS RECORD HIGH FOR THIS DATE OF 91
DEGREES, WHICH WAS SET BACK IN 1960.

Virginia:
A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 86 DEGREES WAS SET AT BLACKSBURG VIRGINIA
TODAY. THE PRIOR RECORD WAS 84 DEGREES IN 1960.

A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 85 DEGREES WAS SET AT WALLOPS ISLAND
VA TODAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 84 SET IN 1994.

West Virginia:
A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 85 DEGREES WAS SET AT BLUEFIELD WEST
VIRGINIA TODAY. THE PRIOR RECORD WAS 83 DEGREES IN 1994.

A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 85 DEGREES WAS SET AT BECKLEY WV TODAY.
THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 82 SET IN 1990.

A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 90 DEGREES WAS SET AT HUNTINGTON WV TODAY.
THIS TIES THE OLD RECORD OF 90 SET IN 1957.

AT MORGANTOWN WEST VIRGINIA, THE HIGH WAS 88. THIS BREAKS THE
RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR THE DATE, 86 FROM 1960.

North Carolina:
THE RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 92 DEGREES WAS TIED AT RALEIGH-DURHAM
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AROUND 330 PM THIS AFTERNOON. THE RECORD WAS
INITIALLY SET IN 1960. ANOTHER STATEMENT WILL FOLLOW LATER THIS
AFTERNOON OR EARLY THIS EVENING IF THE RECORD IS BROKEN.

Tennessee:
A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 88 DEGREES WAS SET AT LOVELL FIELD IN
CHATTANOOGA TODAY. THIS TIES THE OLD RECORD OF 88 DEGREES SET IN
1986.

Ohio:
AT ZANESVILLE OHIO, THE HIGH WAS 87. THIS TIES THE RECORD HIGH FOR
THE DATE SET IN 1948.

A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 85 DEGREES WAS SET AT THE MANSFIELD
LAHM AIRPORT TODAY. THIS TIES THE OLD RECORD OF 85 SET IN 1990.

A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 86 DEGREES WAS SET AT THE YOUNGSTOWN
WARREN REGIONAL AIRPORT TODAY. THIS TIES THE OLD RECORD OF 86 SET IN
1990.

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