BOSTON – What is happening with the weather in Massachusetts? First it was the drought . Then came the wildfires . And now, we are smashing temperature records.
In fact, we have set a new record high in each of the last three weeks.
Of all the unusual weather that has occurred recently, Wednesday likely took the prize.
First off, we smashed the old high temperature records in Boston and Worcester.
Even more impressive, Wednesday’s high of 82 degrees was the latest in the year the city has ever hit or surpassed the 80-degree mark. Therefore, it was also the warmest temperature ever recorded on Nov. 6 or any later date.
This begs the question, what is happening?
What’s behind record warmth in November?
We can break it down into three categories:
1. A very persistent and repeating weather pattern.
Week after week we have seen the same atmospheric setup re-establish itself over and over.