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US shatters record for warmest March -- and first three months of a year
By Miguel Llanos, msnbc.com
The temperature analysis released by the U.S. government each month usually isn't all that riveting, but the one that came out Monday is a doozy -- and not just for weather wonks. Highlights for the contiguous U.S. (excluding Alaska and Hawaii) include:
•Last month was the warmest March on record (records go back to 1895) at 51.1 degrees; this is 8.6 degrees above the 20th century average, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
•January-March was the warmest first quarter on record; the average temperature of 42 degrees was 6 degrees above average.
•April 2011-March 2012 was the warmest stretch of those 12 months on record; at 55.4 degrees, that period was 2.6 degrees above average.
•In March, 15,292 records were broken for warmth; 7,775 were new daytime highs in cities across the country and 7,517 were new nighttime highs.
For the complete article, click on the link below:
http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/ ... -year?lite
March Madness (weather)
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My kids live in NY. No snow at all this entire year for either of them.
Climate change is a reality.
Climate change is a reality.
Something is wrong here. War, disease, death, destruction, hunger, filth, poverty, torture, crime, corruption, and the Ice Capades. Something is definitely wrong. This is not good work. If this is the best God can do, I am not impressed.
-- George Carlin
-- George Carlin