Press Herald interviews Birkel on record heat in Maine during 2024
The Portland Press Herald interviewed Sean Birkel, assistant professor at the University of Maine Climate Change Institute (CCI), on record high temperatures in the state during 2024. “We had a warmer than usual spring, a record hot June marked by a heatwave and very high overnight temperatures, and a record hot fall,” said Birkel, who is also Maine’s state climatologist. “Our last four years rank among our warmest.” The report also featured a data visualization from the CCI Climate Reanalyzer that showed average yearly temperatures trending upward between 1900 and 2020. The Sun Journal shared the Press Herald article.