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NOAA: February 2012 to January 2013 Warmest on Record
2013-02-14 22:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: January was warmer and wetter than average in the contiguous U.S., despite the persistent drought in the nation's heartland, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Thursday. The average temperature in the lower 48 states reached 32.0°F last month. At 1.6°F above the 20th century average, January 2013 ties 1958 as the 39th-warmest January on record. That was still warm enough to make February 2012-to-January 2013 the warmest February-to-January period since record-keeping began...
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Drought shrinks slightly: NOAA issues gloomy outlook
2013-01-18 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Change: The national drought footprint shrank slightly this week, as heavy rains fell across the South, Southeast, Midwest and parts of the Mid-Atlantic states, and major snowfall blanketed parts of the Rocky Mountains and Northern Cascades, bringing relief to those regions. However, the hardest-hit drought region -- the Great Plains -- continued to experience drier-than-average conditions, with the drought continuing to hold on. A new federal drought outlook issued on Thursday projects that the drought...
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NOAA: 2012 global temperatures 10th highest on record
2013-01-16 11:30:19| Green Car Congress
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NOAA: 2012 hottest & 2nd-most extreme year on record
2013-01-10 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environment Health: By Andrew Freedman Follow @afreedma 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...
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U.S. Heat Record Was Shattered in 2012, NOAA Reports
2013-01-09 17:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: Last year was by far the warmest year in U.S. history, with the average temperature in the contiguous states climbing a full degree higher than the previous high and every state recording above-average annual temperatures, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). In its annual State of the Climate Report, NOAA said the average temperature during the year was 55.3 degrees F, about 3.2 degrees warmer than the 20th century average and 1 degree warmer than the previous...
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