Another Intense November Heat Wave Sweeps Northeast

The sky might have looked chilly and November-ish
over Vermont Wednesday, but it was a balmy 70
degrees when this photo was taken in Georgia, Vermont. 

 Another November week, another spell of summer like weather in the Northeast. A lot of the new record highs were doozies! 

Record highs were obliterated in southern New England Wednesday. Boston reached 82 degrees, beating the old record of 76 set two years ago.  It was the latest in the season on record that Boston had seen a temperature of 80 degrees.

Hartford, Connecticut reached 84 degrees, exceeding the old record by a whopping eight degrees. 

That 84 degrees tied the record for the highest temperature seen there for the entire month of November. The one other time Hartford hit 84 in November was last week, on the first of the month. 

Worcester, Massachusetts reached 78 on Wednesday, exceeding the old record of 72 in 2022. Providence, Rhode Island had a record high of 77 degrees.

Temperatures Wednesday reached the low 80s as far north as southwestern Maine and south-central New Hampshire.  Portland, Maine reached 79 degrees shattering the previous record for the entire month of November, which had been 75 degrees set two years ago.

It's somewhat rare to break a record for an entire month, but to exceed the old mark by four degrees is really off the charts. 

Manchester, New Hampshire broke its November record by reaching 80 degrees. Concord, New Hampshire ties it record for November by also reaching 80 degrees Wednesday. Bangor, Maine tied its record high for the entire month of November, too. They reached 75 degrees. 

Temperatures the day before, on Tuesday, reached record highs in western New York, the Great Lakes region and Ohio Valley. These  included an amazing 85 degrees in Dunkirk, New York, which is south of Buffalo along Lake Erie. Dunkirk is much more famous for epic lake effect blizzards in November and the rest of winter than heat waves, but there you go. 

Elsewhere on Tuesday record highs included 81 in Rochester, New York, 86 in Ashland, Kentucky, and 82 in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania and Zanesville, Ohio. 

Here in Vermont, it was plenty warm but we did not have record highs. Clouds helped keep the records a little shy of the incredible heat we had two years ago Wednesday. 

Still, Burlington reached 70 degrees Wednesday, the third time this month it got to at least 70, which is pretty are for November. Though not a record, because it got to 70 degrees on four occasions in November, 2020.

Across the pond in Plattsburgh, they did manage to see a record high Wednesday of 75 degrees, besting the old record of 73 set in 1948. 

OUTLOOK

It doesn't look like we have any more record November warmth coming up, at least in the near future. But it will stay mild for the season. 

The forecast calls for near to above normal temperatures most days, probably through at least around November 20 or so. Some days will be warmer than others, and some days will be quite balmy for the season. But the weather pattern now features weak cold fronts coming through frequently enough here in Vermont to - probably - prevent more big late autumn hot spells. 

Of course, long range forecasts could change, so we'll keep an eye on that. 

Sometimes by this point in November, early season snow lovers get an early gift. Not this year. From what I see, we can expect little if any snow probably for the next 10 days or so except occasional flurries on the cooler days at the mountain summits.