Yearlong warm-up a meteorological milestone for state (Maine)

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http://www.pressherald.com/news/yearlong-warm-up-a-meteorological-milestone-for-state_2010-11-06.html

PORTLAND - Maine is the coldest state in the Northeast, known for snowy nor'easters, lakes that remain ice-covered until May and an occasional chill on the Fourth of July.

For the past year, however, Maine residents have enjoyed record warmth.

In October, the state reached a milestone of 12 straight months of warmer-than-normal temperatures. While the Northeast as a whole has been warm this year, no other state has had a streak like Maine's.

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Things really heated up in the winter. January came in 7.3 degrees above average across the state, while February and March were 8.7 and 7.6 degrees above the norm, respectively.

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