Climate Central: Think you had a rough winter? Just be thankful you don't live on the coast of the North Sea.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has whipped up a map of wind anomalies from January-February. During that period, a remarkable 20 storms with hurricane-force winds (classified as winds in excess of 74 mph) formed in the region.
The mark those storms left on global average wind speeds is apparent. While the U.S. looks fairly calm, you can clearly see the line storms took again and...