Boston 83°This is also the earliest 80° temperature on record at Portland.
Portland 82°
Providence 81°
Other records were set as follows (old record and date in parentheses):
Worcester MA 78 (76, 1938)This is also a new monthly record for March at Bangor (previous 79° in 1946).
Hartford CT 83 (75, 1948)
Concord NH 84 (74, 1946)
Houlton ME 79 (71, 1939)
Bangor ME 84 (66, 1979)
Caribou ME 73 (63, 1979)
The following temperatures of 80° or above were reported by the National Weather Service in northern Maine (not all official):
..WASHINGTON COUNTY
3 SSW MILLBRIDGE (64 FT)(APRSWXNET) 143 PM MAR 22 85 F
7 NNW DEBLOIS (285 FT)(MEDOT) 400 PM MAR 22 84 F
5 S CALAIS (209 FT)(RAWS) 319 PM MAR 22 84 F
1 W MARSHFIELD (190 FT)(APRSWXNET) 137 PM MAR 22 84 F
COOPER (272 FT)(APRSWXNET) 206 PM MAR 22 83 F
2 ESE PRINCETON (262 FT)(APRSWXNET) 333 PM MAR 22 83 F
1 SW EAST MACHIAS (59 FT)(APRSWXNET) 151 PM MAR 22 83 F
PASSAMAQUODDY BAY TIDE GAGE (10 FT)(GOES) 354 PM MAR 22 82 F
..PISCATAQUIS COUNTY
PISCATAQUIS RIVER GAGE (358 FT)(COOP) 130 PM MAR 22 82 F
..PENOBSCOT COUNTY
SUNKHAZE MEADOWS NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE 231 PM MAR 22 85 F
2 SW BREWER (49 FT)(APRSWXNET) 419 PM MAR 22 85 F
BANGOR INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (188 FT)(ASOS) 353 PM MAR 22 84 F
MILLINOCKET MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (409 FT)(ASOS) 253 PM MAR 22 80 F
..HANCOCK COUNTY
BLUE HILL (18 FT)(APRSWXNET) 209 PM MAR 22 85 F
4 E BROOKSVILLE (419 FT)(APRSWXNET) 208 PM MAR 22 82 F
3 W BAR HARBOR (423 FT)(RAWS) 1258 PM MAR 22 82 F
BAR HARBOR TIDE GAUGE (20 FT)(GOES) 312 PM MAR 22 80 F
2 E SURRY (98 FT)(APRSWXNET) 133 PM MAR 22 80 F
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Image (click to enlarge): U.S. surface temperatures at 1 pm EDT, March 22, 2012, from Unisys
High temperature records have already been broken before noon today in New England.
Boston's temperature of 73° at 11:45 am broke the old record of 72° in 1948. Boston's climate history dates back 140 years to 1872.
At Portland, Maine, the 11 am temperature of 74° was 4° above the old record for March 22 of 70° in 1948. Yesterday's high of 79° crushed the previous record of 60° in 1946. Official temperature records at Portland began in 1941.
Providence, Rhode Island hit a record of 75° early this afternoon, beating the 74° also observed in 1948. Providence's climate history began in 1904.
Here are the latest temperatures (2 pm EDT):
Boston 79°
Portland 80°
Providence 77°