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DEBBIE MAILHOT and her mother grabbed outside seats at the Cremeland Drive In in Manchester for lunch Tuesday in the shade of summer-worthy warmth. “We’re beach people,” the Hillsborough woman said at the Valley Street eatery. “We love the warm weather.

” The thermometer hit 90 degrees in Manchester on Tuesday for the first time since Sept. 7, according to the National Weather Service in Gray, Maine. Temperatures rose into the upper 80s in many areas by midafternoon and could hit 90 in places on Wednesday.



Manchester’s first 90-degree day usually falls around June 2. “We’re a little bit ahead of schedule this year,” said meteorologist Jerry Combs. The forecast calls for temperatures of around 90 degrees for Concord and Manchester on Wednesday and in the 80s into the Memorial Day weekend.

North Conway could hit 90 on Wednesday, too. But be careful of going too deep into the water, where Lake Winnipesaukee and the Atlantic were both a bone-chilling 53 degrees, advised Fish and Game. “We call this time of year drowning weather,” said Capt.

Michael Eastman. “The body gets shocked and it causes some hypothermia to set in,” he said. Eastman advised people planning to head for deeper water to take a flotation device.

“If you do get into trouble, at least you can be rescued” while holding on to the flotation device, he said. At Derryfield Park in Manchester, a mother of five was enjoying the sun while her children played. “This is the first nice day,”.

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