New York: Climate change experts claim that 2012 will go down as the warmest year in United States history.
according to National Climatic Data Center in Asheville “We are very certain of this,” reports climate center scientist Jake Crouch.
So far this year, the USA has had a national average temperature of 57.1 degrees, 3.3 degrees above average and a full degree above the previous warmest year, which was 1934.
A total of 18 states in the central and northeastern USA have had record warmth this year and an additional 24 states are seeing a Top 10 warm year. No states are seeing a cooler-than-average year.
The heat also has kept much of the nation drier than average this year, helping contribute to the USA’s worst drought since the 1950s and the second-worst wildfire season on record in acreage burned.
Wyoming, Colorado and Nebraska among those states which are seeing their driest year on record.
For 2012 not to be the warmest year on record, December would have to be 1 degree colder than any other December, and so far it’s been unusually warm, 5-10 degrees above average.
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