The Gulf Maine subregion is represented by SST data for the ERSST bin centered on 68°W, 44°N.  SSTs have been increasing in the Gulf of Maine over the past few decades as indicated by the solid green trend line. This trend suggests SSTs are approaching the warmest conditions observed in the Gulf Maine, which occurred around 1860 and 1950.  However, the 2007 SST data point, which is marked by the green dashed line, though in line with the trend line, is below many of the SST values observed in recent years indicating it was a relatively cool year. The 2007 SST minimum for the area, marked by the dashed blue line, was approximately 2.3°C, which is lower then the recent trend for the minima by nearly a half degree. The subregion maximum, marked by the red dashed line, was approximately 15.7°C and was in line with the recent trend for these data.