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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
0820 AM EST SAT NOV 08 2008

...RECORD WARMTH ON FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7TH, AT THE JETPORT IN PORTLAND
MAINE...

THE HIGH TEMPERATURE ON FRIDAY IN PORTLAND WAS 60 DEGREES. THIS FELL
SHORT OF THE RECORD HIGH OF 64 SET IN 1975. HOWEVER, THE LOW
TEMPERATURE IN PORTLAND WAS 55 DEGREES WHICH IS A NEW RECORD FOR THE
WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE ON NOVEMBER 7TH. THE OLD RECORD WAS 49
DEGREES SET IN 1969.

WITH A HIGH OF 60 AND A LOW OF 55...THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE ON
FRIDAY WAS 58 DEGREES. THIS TOO WAS A RECORD FOR THE DATE,
SURPASSING THE OLD RECORD OF 53 DEGREES WHICH OCCURRED IN 1948 AND
AGAIN IN 1969.

THE DAILY RANGE (THE DIFFERENCE FROM THE LOW TEMPERATURE TO THE HIGH
TEMPERATURE) ON FRIDAY WAS 5 DEGREES. THIS SET A NEW RECORD FOR THE
SMALLEST DAILY RANGE FOR NOVEMBER 7TH...TOPPING THE OLD MARK OF A 6
DEGREE RANGE SET IN 1998.

TEMPERATURE RECORDS AT THE PORTLAND JETPORT BEGAN ON NOVEMBER 25TH,
1940.

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SJC