Caribou (Maine) has warmest year since 1939

[jpak]

http://www.bangordailynews.com/story/Aroostook/Caribou-has-warmest-year-since-1939,163123

CARIBOU, Maine — To most people, 2010 seemed like a pretty normal year in central and northern Maine. There was enough snow for skiers and snowshoers to engage in their favorite sports and for snowmobilers to take countless trips across regional trails. Summer was beautiful but short, and the entire state endured a blizzard at the end of the year.

But the National Weather Service has found something abnormal about last year. Preliminary data showed that 2010 marked the warmest year in Caribou since officials began keeping records for the area in 1939.

It also was an unusually warm year in the Bangor area, Todd Lericos, a meteorologist with the NWS, said Tuesday.

According to Lericos, the preliminary annual average temperature in Caribou was 44.2 degrees, which is 5.1 degrees above the normal average and 1.8 degrees above the previous record, which was set in 2006.

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[bbinacan]

1. And this

http://www.accuweather.com/blogs/news/story/43933/bastardi-january-could-be-cold.asp

"Winter has only just begun, and many people across the country are already sick of the cold. On the heels of a record-cold December, frigid weather will continue seizing areas from coast to coast through mid- to late January."



A snapshot in time does not constitute a trend.