Rain, winds, record heat hit Northeast on same day

[marmar]

Rain, winds, record heat hit Northeast on same day
AP


By DAVID SHARP, Associated Press Writer – 2 hrs 30 mins ago


PORTLAND, Maine – A storm packing blustery winds and driving rain knocked out power to thousands of homes and businesses in the Northeast on Thursday before giving way to sunny skies and record high temperatures — all in the same morning.

Utility officials reported sporadic power outages from Maine to New Jersey after wind knocked down trees and power lines early Thursday. Winds reached up to 49 mph in Brunswick, Maine, while the Isle of Shoals off the coast of New Hampshire recorded a 61 mph gust. In New Jersey, wind speeds topped out at 45 mph.

But the rain and wind that battered the region early Thursday gave way to sunny skies and unseasonably high temperatures by mid-morning.

In Boston, the temperature hit 69 degrees, breaking the old record of 65 set in 1932. In Portland, the temperature climbed to 68 degrees — crushing the old high of 55 for the date. Providence, R.I., had a record high of 66, and Concord, N.H., set a record at 65.

"It's not right. It's December. It's supposed to be snowing," said Jennifer Sporzynski, who sat on a park bench Thursday in Portland's Old Port. "I like warm weather — but not in December."

But for others, the balmy weather was just fine. ............(more)

The complete piece is at: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091203/ap_on_re_us/us_weird_weather

[Systematic Chaos]

1. Sounds to me as if...

...temperature records were probably shattered by one or two standard deviations (edit to clarify -- ON TOP of the deviation of the previous records), in cities where reasonably reliable records have been kept for oh, 200 years?

But there's no such thing as global warming, and almost 70 degrees in Boston in December is just fine!

:sarcasm::banghead::grr::nuke:

[SpiralHawk]

2. "Screw reality. Bend over and swallow our Republicon propaganda." - Rush 'DraftDodger' Limbaugh (R)

"You can trust us lavishly paid corporate republicon climate change deniers (smirk) better than you can trust reality (smirk)."

- Rush 'DraftDodger Limbaugh (R - Propagandist)