Mainers suffered through a second day of record-breaking cold Friday that made it feel more like January than mid-April.

Records were broken or tied in several towns and cities across the state, and a number of communities shivered through single-digit readings, according to the National Weather Service.

The good news was that the temperature was expected to warm up going into the weekend, said meteorologist Eric Sinsabaugh.

Friday morning, the temperature in Caribou plummeted to 9 degrees, breaking the old record of 16 set in 1985. In Portland, the mercury dropped to 21 degrees, tying the old record set in 1962.

It was so cold that a red-winged blackbird could see its breath in a picture captured by an Associated Press photographer in Woolwich.

In Caribou, Kimber Noyes took the cold weather in stride. He said residents were beginning to see patches of grass for the first time since October, but there was still plenty of snow on the ground.

“There is hope. The days are a little longer and the sun’s a little brighter,” said Noyes, who runs a floral shop with his wife.