Climate Central: Four major heat records fell in a stunning new climate report from NOAA on Thursday. The lower 48 states set temperature records for the warmest spring, largest seasonal departure from average, warmest year-to-date, and warmest 12-month period, all new marks since records began in 1895. While the globe has been tracking slightly cooler than recent years -- thanks in part to the influence of now dissipated La Nina conditions in the tropical Pacific -- the U.S. has been sizzling. The average springtime...
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