Maine saw 6 signs of a warming climate throughout 2020

BANGOR DAILY NEWS • December 21, 2020

Six types of weather events that struck Maine in 2020 — drought, wildfires, storms, floods, warming oceans and rising sea levels — are expected to make return visits in the coming years as climate change continues to affect the state. All of these phenomena can be linked to one main contributing factor: increasing temperatures. Maine had one of its busiest wildfire years ever, recording 1,150 such fires in 2020, the most in the state since 1985 and more than twice the annual average from 2016 through 2019.