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NOAA: 2012 Hottest & 2nd-Most Extreme Year On Record

2013-01-08 20:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Climate Central: It's official: 2012 was the warmest year on record in the lower 48 states, as the country experienced blistering spring and summer heat, tinderbox fire weather conditions amid a widespread drought, and one of the worst storms to ever strike the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 2012 had an average temperature of 55.3°F, which eclipsed 1998, the previous record holder, by 1°F. That was just off Climate Central's calculation in mid-December,...

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