PORTLAND (AP) — The National Weather Service says 2012 is going into the record books.
Portland’s average temperature for the year came in at 49.2 degrees, tying 2010 as the city’s warmest year on record. Temperatures have been recorded at the Portland International Jetport since 1940.
The weather service says 2012 was highlighted by the second-warmest spring on record followed by the sixthwarmest summer. Nine of the 12 months had above-normal temperatures.
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