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January 8, 2008

Temperature hits 65, breaks record for high of the day

Something special happened this afternoon.

You probably heard about it – “it’s soooo nice outside” – you may have even had a chance to enjoy it for yourself on a lunchtime walk, or caught a breeze passing by an open office window.

Today at 12:30 p.m., the mercury shot past a 77-year-old record, reaching 65 degrees in Providence, according to the National Weather Service.

The previous record, 62 degrees, was set in 1930.

Last year, 2007, gave us the warmest January on record, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Before that it was 2006. Before that, it was 2005. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, 11 of the warmest years since record keeping began have occurred in the past 12 years.

Just five days ago, on January 3, the temperature dropped to 8 degrees.

-- projo.com staff writer Brandie M. Jefferson

Posted by Brandie Jefferson  at 3:06 PM | Permalink

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