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March 2012 was the warmest on record since 1895, according to the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. NOAA created a stunning time-lapse video of 15,000 local temperature records broken during the month.
“The average temperature of 51.1°F was 8.6 degrees above the 20th century average for March and 0.5°F warmer than the previous warmest March in 1910,” explains NOAA in its monthly State of the Climate report. Overall, October 2011 to March 2012 was the second warmest winter ever.
U.S. weather displayed the extremes scientists are predicting will intensify with global warming:
- At 6.0 degrees above average, the first three months of 2012 marked the warmest first quarter on record for the contiguous United States. At the same time, Alaska experienced its coolest January-March ever and was 5.2 degrees cooler than average for the period.
- While March was slightly rainier than average overall, 0.33 inches more rain than usual, it was much wetter than average in the Pacific Northwest and Southern Plains. At the same time, Colorado had its driest March on record and the interior West, Northeast, and Florida experienced continued drought conditions.
- Warmer-than-average temperatures created an environment favorable for severe thunderstorms and tornados. March typically averages 80 tornadoes a year, but saw 223 preliminary tornado reports in 2012. The March 2-3 outbreak in the Ohio Valley and Southeast killed 40 people and wrought $1.5 billion in damages.
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+ add your ownInteresting and informative. Although I have to admit enjoying the close to 80F weather in early March living in a cold climate that was a delight, unhappily it does have its consequences-interfere with Mother Nature and we got short shrift on the maple sap run this year!
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"This story is all about weather, not climate".
Weather is part of climate and weather is how climate is measured so any discussion of weather is also about climate. It suits the commenter of the above to separate weather from climate so he can continue to deny climate change no matter how extreme the weather becomes.
And as for "this story would not have been be written" if things were different, can't you say that about every story??
This story is all about weather, not climate.
But of course it suits the writer to twist it into a climate story.
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Some people have been really been ignoring God. -- What if God is the answer and has the answers?
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