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NOTE: The record event listed below has been revised as of 
2/4/99. The NWS office in Portland, ME has advised NCDC 
that the -55 new state record in Maine is in error and was 
off by approximately 13 degrees (instrument problem).
 A full report will follow at a later date...

Tom Ross
NCDC 





RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND, ME833 AM
EST WED JAN 14 1998

...MAINE'S ALL-TIME STATE RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE CRUSHED LAST
NIGHT!

...THE TEMPERATURE AT ALLAGASH FELL TO AN INCREDIBLE 55 DEGREES
BELOW ZERO LAST NIGHT! THIS EASILY BROKE THE OLD STATE RECORD OF
48 DEGREES BELOW ZERO SET ON JANUARY 19TH...1925 IN VAN BUREN. 
THIS IS ALSO AN ALL-TIME NEW ENGLAND LOW TEMPERATURE AS WELL.  AS
OF 8 AM...THE TEMPERATURE HAD ONLY MOVED UP TO 53 DEGREES BELOW
ZERO. ON A SIDE NOTE...THE LOW TEMPERATURE AT FIRST CONNECTICUT
LAKE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE LAST NIGHT FELL TO 40 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. 
THIS IT NOT A RECORD.  THE ALL-TIME RECORD FOR NEW HAMPSHIRE
STANDS AT 46 BELOW ON JANUARY 28...