Monday, December 31, 2012

United States: 2012 poised to tie record for warmth

Star Tribune: It might not feel like it now, but 2012 is set to match the warmest year on record in the Twin Cities and could turn out to be Minnesota's warmest ever. It's also virtually certain to have been the warmest for the entire country. The average Minnesota temperature for the year is likely to be 50.8 degrees -- making 2012 and 1931 the warmest years since 1873, the first full year of record-keeping. "We are almost sleepwalking through this," said University of Minnesota Extension climatologist...

URL: http://www.startribune.com/local/185175442.html

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