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2022 was sixth-warmest year on record in Massachusetts

It is undeniable the climate in Massachusetts is warming as shown on this graph.
Climate System Research Center, UMass Amherst
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NOAA
It is undeniable the climate in Massachusetts is warming as shown on this graph.

January was the only month where the average temperature was below normal

Last year was another warm one in Massachusetts.

2022 was the sixth-warmest year on record in the Bay State. The summer, which meteorologically speaking are the months of June, July, and August, ranked as the second-warmest according to an analysis by Michael Rawlins, Associate Director of the Climate System Research Center at UMass Amherst.

Rawlins spoke with WAMC’s Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief Paul Tuthill.

The record-setting tenure of Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno. The 2011 tornado and its recovery that remade the largest city in Western Massachusetts. The fallout from the deadly COVID outbreak at the Holyoke Soldiers Home. Those are just a few of the thousands and thousands of stories WAMC’s Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief Paul Tuthill has covered for WAMC in his nearly 17 years with the station.