2021 expected to go down in history as Boston’s warmest year on record – WCVB Boston

NDCI GOOD FRIDAY DO YOU. WELCOME -- GOOD FRIDAY TO YOU .WELCOME TO THE LAST DAY OF 2021 WE ARE RUNNING ABOVE-AVERAGE FOR THE MONTHF O DECEMBER, CAPPING OFF A WARM YEAR.

2021 expected to go down in history as Boston's warmest year on record

Updated: 11:13 AM EST Dec 31, 2021

Boston is ending 2021 with an unseasonably warm December and the city is poised to complete the year with the warmest average temperature on record."We are running about 3 degrees above average for the month, so a really mild December," said StormTeam 5 Meteorologist Cindy Fitzgibbon. Based on the mild forecast for New Year's Eve, Fitzgibbon said the year is expected to set a new record."(It's) likely to go down in the record books, 2021, as the warmest year on record," said Fitzgibbon. She also noted that three of the city's warmest years on record have occurred since 2010. 2021: 54.82012: 54.52010: 54.21949: 541953: 53.9Earlier this month, research published by the journal Climate, found that New England is warming faster than the rest of the planet and that the rapid changes will threaten elements of the regional economy. They found that temperatures in the area have increased more than 1.5-degrees-celsius from 1900 to 2020."Changes in New Englands climate are threatening the seasonality, the natural resources, and the economic underpinnings of the region," the authors wrote. "The warming of the region, the shifting of the seasons, and the changes in precipitation all threaten New Englands distinctive natural landscape."

Boston is ending 2021 with an unseasonably warm December and the city is poised to complete the year with the warmest average temperature on record.

"We are running about 3 degrees above average for the month, so a really mild December," said StormTeam 5 Meteorologist Cindy Fitzgibbon.

Based on the mild forecast for New Year's Eve, Fitzgibbon said the year is expected to set a new record.

"(It's) likely to go down in the record books, 2021, as the warmest year on record," said Fitzgibbon.

She also noted that three of the city's warmest years on record have occurred since 2010.

Earlier this month, research published by the journal Climate, found that New England is warming faster than the rest of the planet and that the rapid changes will threaten elements of the regional economy. They found that temperatures in the area have increased more than 1.5-degrees-celsius from 1900 to 2020.

"Changes in New Englands climate are threatening the seasonality, the natural resources, and the economic underpinnings of the region," the authors wrote. "The warming of the region, the shifting of the seasons, and the changes in precipitation all threaten New Englands distinctive natural landscape."

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