RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 825 AM EST FRI JAN 4 2013 ...CONCORD NEW HAMPSHIRE TIES THE WARMEST YEAR ON RECORD... THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR 2012 AT CONCORD WAS 49.2 DEGREES. THIS TIED THE RECORD PREVIOUSLY SET 134 YEARS AGO IN 1878. THIS WAS 2.8 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THREE OF THE TOP TEN WARMEST YEARS HAVE OCCURRED SINCE THE YEAR 2000 WHILE FIVE OF THE TOP TEN OCCURRED BETWEEN 1870 AND 1881. HERE IS A LIST OF THE WARMEST YEARS AT CONCORD. RANK AVERAGE TEMP. YEAR 1 49.2 DEGREES 2012 <=== 49.2 DEGREES 1878 3 49.1 DEGREES 1877 4 48.8 DEGREES 1880 48.8 DEGREES 2010 6 48.7 DEGREES 1870 48.7 DEGREES 1998 8 48.4 DEGREES 2006 9 48.3 DEGREES 1881 48.3 DEGREES 1953 COLDEST 41.1 DEGREES 1918 NORMAL 46.4 DEGREES 1981-2010 TEMPERATURE RECORDS IN CONCORD BEGAN IN SEPTEMBER OF 1868. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SJC RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 815 AM EST FRI JAN 4 2013 ...PORTLAND MAINE TIES THE WARMEST YEAR ON RECORD... THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR 2012 AT THE PORTLAND JETPORT WAS 49.2 DEGREES. THIS TIED THE RECORD PREVIOUSLY SET JUST TWO YEARS AGO IN 2010. THIS WAS 2.7 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. FIVE OF THE TEN WARMEST YEARS HAVE OCCURRED SINCE THE YEAR 2000...WITH ALL THREE OF THE PAST YEARS FALLING IN THE TOP TEN. HERE IS A LIST OF THE WARMEST YEARS AT THE PORTLAND JETPORT. RANK AVERAGE TEMP. YEAR 1 49.2 DEGREES 2012 <=== 49.2 DEGREES 2010 3 48.5 DEGREES 2006 4 48.3 DEGREES 1998 5 48.1 DEGREES 1990 6 48.0 DEGREES 1999 7 47.9 DEGREES 1991 8 47.8 DEGREES 2011 9 47.3 DEGREES 1953 10 47.2 DEGREES 2002 COLDEST 43.3 DEGREES 1962 NORMAL 46.5 DEGREES 1981-2010 TEMPERATURE RECORDS AT THE PORTLAND JETPORT BEGAN IN NOVEMBER OF 1940. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SJC