Last year, there were 30 named storms – so many that meteorologists ran out of names and dipped into the Greek alphabet to identify them.
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Strong winds knock out power to thousands in Maine
Wind gusts topped 70 mph in the Bethel area and more than 40,000 CMP customers were without power Tuesday afternoon.
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2020 ended as the warmest year on record in Portland
The average temperature in Portland last year was 49.4 degrees, slightly higher than the previous record set in both 2010 and 2012.
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Drought conditions have spread to entire state, weather service says
‘The last time we were in this widespread and severe of a drought was in the summer of 2002,’ says meteorologist Michael Clair.
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Portland records its hottest summer on record – again
With an average temperature of 70.5 degrees, the summer of 2020 was more than 3 degrees warmer than ‘normal.’
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Hundreds of thousands flee U.S. coast ahead of Hurricane Laura
The storm is forecast to make landfall late Wednesday night or early Thursday morning at major, Category 3 intensity.
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Death Valley’s brutal 130 degrees may be record if verified
The western heat wave is due to a “massive dome of high pressure” that keeps roasting the West.
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Commentary: A bad storm brings good news – part of our information system still works
Weather warnings are among the most concrete examples of how good information can actually save lives.
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When it rains it pours … in some parts of Maine
But the flooding in some areas won’t be enough to reverse drought conditions in much of the state, given higher than normal temperatures and lower than average rainfall forecast for the next 30 days.
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Scattered showers fall over parts of ‘abnormally dry’ Maine
Up to half an inch of rain fell near Rumford, in parts of York and Cumberland counties and in the foothills, according to the National Weather Service.