“It is one of the most, if not the most surprising events or behaviors I have ever witnessed from the polar vortex.”

Boston Globe · Polar vortex weakening weeks early as El Niño disrupts Arctic winds

“For weather and climate records, that is really unheard of. When a temperature record in Boston is broken, let's say the hottest temperature ever, 106 degrees, and then all of a sudden one day this summer Boston hit 120 degrees, it would be that astonishing.”

Boston Globe · Polar vortex weakening weeks early as El Niño disrupts Arctic winds