Scores Of NE US Cities Break Feb Temp Records; NOAA Update - 4,492 Record Highs, 29 Record Lows
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Temperature difference from normal at 1 p.m. Friday analyzed by GFS model.
In many parts of the northeastern United States, Fridays temperatures reached their highest February levels in recorded history. Cities that frequently are buried in snow enjoyed temperatures that soared into the 70s. Their residents, normally huddled up indoors, flocked outside in shorts and T-shirts. The temperatures were more than 30 degrees above normal and typical of late May. They broke records that have stood for more than a century in many cities.
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The record February highs set in the Northeast mark a continuation of historic warmth that spread across the eastern two-thirds of the country and into Canada over the course of the week.
Burlington, Vt.; Albany, N.Y.; and Toronto set all-time February record highs on Thursday. On Wednesday, the Wisconsin cities of Milwaukee, Madison and Green Bay accomplished the feat.
All of this record-breaking warmth caps off an abnormally warm month for much of the Lower 48. Incredibly, the National Oceanic Administration has logged 4,492 record-high temperatures compared with just 29 record lows which equates to a quite lopsided ratio of 155 to 1.
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