November ended with record high temperatures in parts of northern New England and near record low amounts of snowfall, but below-normal temperatures were on the way.

The temperature in Portland, Maine, reached 62 degrees on Thursday, breaking the previous record of 58, set in 1963, according to the National Weather Service in Gray.

November also ended with a record high temperature on Mount Washington and tied a record in Concord, N.H. It was 45 on the summit, up from the previous record of 44. Concord’s high was 67, tying a record set in 1881.

At the summit, it was the second least snowy November on record, with 7.4 inches of snow. The mountain normally gets 40 inches in November.

National Weather Service Meteorologist Tom Hawley said November broke the record for high average temperature in New Hampshire and Portland.

In Portland, the 43.8 degree average temperature broke the previous record of 43 degrees set in 1975, helping boost the average temperature for the month 5.5 degrees above normal.

At 43.3 degrees, temperatures as recorded in Concord, N.H. were 5.7 degrees above normal, breaking the previous state average high of 42.6 degrees set in 1931.

It’s been an unusually balmy November in Vermont, too, breaking records for high temperatures and lack of snowfall.

The average daily temperature in Burlington was 42.8 degrees, second-highest on record, according to the National Weather Service.

At 4,350-foot Mount Mansfield, the average daily temperature was 34.6 degrees, the highest on record. Only a half-inch of snow fell there, easily breaking the previous record, which was 7 inches in 1964.

Burlington, meanwhile, registered only a trace of snow for the month, which has happened only three times before – in 1915, 1937 and 1948, according to National Weather Service meteorologist Conor Lahiff.

But forecasters said big changes are about to blow in. Gusting winds are expected to bring rain Friday afternoon, with temperatures 30 degrees cooler during the weekend and beyond. Some snow was possible in northern and mountain locations.

“It will be a slow cool down, then it’s going to be very cold next week,” Hawley said, predicting normal cold on Sunday and Monday in New Hampshire and Maine, with below-normal cold the rest of the week.

Temperature-wise, he was looking for highs in the low or mid-30s after the weekend, with lows generally in the teens, with some below-zero temperatures in the mountains.

“It looks like it will be cold for a while,” he said.

The weather service said rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches also were possible in Maine for the weekend, enough to cause sharp rises on rivers and streams.

In northern and east central Maine, the weather service in Caribou predicted snow, sleet and freezing rain.

A winter storm warning was issued for northwest Aroostook County, upgrading the prior winter storm watch. The storm warning, effective at 6 p.m., was posted until 6 a.m. Saturday.

The weather service in Caribou said snow accumulations of 4 to 8 inches and sleet accumulations of a half to a full inch were expected in the affected area.

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