MAINE SUNDAY TELEGRAM • March 31, 2024
Maine is closing the books on one of the warmest and least snowy winters on record. But it’s increasingly feeling like the new normal. “The long-term trend is clear: The winters are much warmer than they used to be,” said state climatologist Sean Birkel of University of Maine’s Climate Change Institute. “Our winters look and feel different: more rain, less snow, more bare ground, earlier ice outs.”