MAINE, USA — This stretch of unusual November warmth is now on its sixth day. New records have been set nearly every day across the state.
While we can’t say this warm-up was caused by climate change, it surely is a symptom of our warming climate.
Overall, the number of warm temperature records broken far outpaces the number of cold ones. In other words, the warm spells we are experiencing are far more frequent and intense than the cold spells we experience.
Just this year alone, Portland has broken 18 warm records and only a single cold record.
In Bangor, not as many records have been set this year, but the theme is similar: there have been six warm records and only two cold ones.
The most recent decade, the 2010s, had the greatest imbalance of record warm and cold temperatures.
During this stretch of warmth, the most impressive records have been broken in The County. Caribou smashed the highest November temperature record twice, hitting 69 degrees on Monday and 75 degrees on Tuesday. The previous record, 68 degrees, was set just last year.