As Massachusetts experiences heat wave, climate data from last 125 years suggests Northeast experienced most significant temperature increases

August 2021 heat wave

Aug. 12, 2021 weather.

The Northeast has experienced more significant temperature increases than anywhere else in the continental United States, Michael Rawlins, associate director of the Climate System Research Center at the University of Massachusetts Amherst told MassLive.

Between 1895 to 2020, the commonwealth had a warming rate of 0.3 degrees Fahrenheit per decade, totaling 3.75 degrees Fahrenheit in the last 125 years, based on a best-fit trend line.

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