The sun is out and it’s warming up after an unseasonably cold morning in northern New England.
The National Weather Service says the temperature dipped to 22 early Thursday in Portland, breaking the old record of 24 set in 2003. In Montpelier, Vt., it was even colder at 14 degrees, breaking old record of 17, also in 2003.
And in Concord, the temperature dipped to 18, tying the record set in 1908.
Tom Hawley of the National Weather Service says he doesn’t project any further records for low temperatures in the coming days. Across the region, there will be warming temperatures over the next few days.
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