"Unprecedented Territory": 2012 the Hottest Year Recorded in the U.S. So Far

treehugger.com 10 Sep '12, 9pm

"Unprecedented Territory": 2012 the Hottest Year Recorded in the U.S. So Far

The data is in, and the records keep breaking —you are now officially living through the hottest American winter/spring/summer ever put on the books. Mild winter, hot spring, devastating summer; this is climate change in Uncle Samland. The US National Climatic Data Center has published its new data, and it shows that the first eight months of the year have been hotter than any other recorded across the contiguous United States. Reuters interviewed one of the center's climate scientists, and he offered up the lowdown: Each of the last 15 months has seen above-average temperatures, something that has never happened before in the 117 years of the U.S. record, said Jake Crouch, a climate scientist at the data center. Winter, spring and summer 2012 have all been among the top-five hottest for their respective seasons, Crouch said by telephone, and that too is unique in the U.S....

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