Tuesday, July 10, 2012

No sweat: 1st half is hottest yet

USA Today: It won't be a news flash for the 250 million sweltering Americans east of the Rockies, but the first half of the year has been the USA's warmest on record, federal climate scientists announced Monday. Twenty-eight states and more than 100 cities have posted their warmest first six months, based on national weather data that go back to 1895, according to the report from NOAA's National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). For instance, Chicago is almost 7 degrees warmer than average this year; the Windy...

URL: http://www.usatoday.com/NEWS/usaedition/2012-07-10-warmest-yearART_ST_U.htm

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