Article Tags: World Temperatures, You could not make it up
While Much of U.S. Was Colder than Usual, Global Temperatures Crept Upwards
(AP) It will probably come as a surprise to most Americans, but the winter just finished was the fifth warmest on record, worldwide. Oh, sure, nearly two-thirds of the country can dispute that from personal experience of a colder-than-normal season.
But while much of the United States was colder than usual, December-February – climatological winter – continued the long string of unusual warmth on a global basis.
And parts of the United States did join in, with warmer-than-normal readings for the season in New England and the Pacific Northwest. Indeed, Maine had its third warmest winter on record, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reports.
NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center reports that worldwide the average temperature for winter was 54.9 degrees Fahrenheit (12.7 Celsius). That’s 1.08 degrees F (0.60 C) above average for the three-month period.
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