High Temperature Records Absolutely Obliterated In Vermont, New York, Elsewhere In Northeast

The landscape today said late autumn. But the air in
Vermont said midsummer as high temperature
records were absolutely shattered in the region. 

 The Halloween heat wave today more than lived up to its hype today, shattering records as those readings rose to unprecedented end of October levels.  

Final figures weren't in yet as I was writing this around 5:30 p.m. today. But the temperatures I've seen so far are insane. 

The wildest report came out of Plattsburgh, New York, where it got to at least 83 degrees today. That was a whopping 11 degrees above the old record for the date. 

It was also 30 degrees warmer than the normal high for this date in Plattsburgh, and a couple degrees warmer than an average mid-July day.

In Burlington, it got to at least 77, making today the warmest day for so late in the season. The low this morning in Burlington was 64 degrees, and it's unlikely to get cooler than that by midnight. So that will break the old record for warmest low temperature by a full five degrees. Today in Burlington averaged out exactly normal for June 29. 

Elsewhere, Montpelier got to at least 75 degrees, breaking the record for the date by five degrees. 

St. Johnsbury got to at least 76, Lebanon, New Hampshire, just across the Connecticut River from White River Junction, reported 81 degrees at midafternoon. Other midafternoon temperatures include 79 at Springfield, Vermont and 78 in Bennington. 

It's going to be a summery evening for the trick or treaters now starting to haunt Vermont neighborhoods. You might want to bring some water, as the kiddos will probably work up a sweat in this weather trying to get their candy haul.

I'll have updates to these incredible temperatures in a post tomorrow morning. I'll also get into how October as a whole stacked up compared to normal. Spoiler: It was toasty.