The Southern New England subregion is represented by SST data for the ERSST bin centered on 70°W, 40°N.  SSTs have been increasing in the Southern New England area over the past few decades as indicated by the solid green trend line. This trend suggests SSTs are approaching the warmest conditions observed in Southern New England that occurred around 1860 and 1950.  However, the 2007 SST point, which is marked by the green dashed line, though in line with the trend line, is below many of the SST values observed over the past few decades indicating the year was relatively cool. The 2007 SST minimum for the area, marked by a blue dashed line, was approximately 7.9°C, which is in line with the recent trend for minima. The subregion maximum, which is marked by a red dashed line, was approximately 22.0°C and was cooler than the recent trend in these data.