Posted on 02/07/2006 4:48:11 PM PST by blam
January Was America's Warmest on Record
Wednesday February 8, 2006 12:16 AM
By RANDOLPH E. SCHMID
AP Science Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) - Recording the warmest January on record allowed Americans to save on their heating, but like all good things, last month's mildness seems to have been too good to last.
The country's average temperature for the month was 39.5 degrees Fahrenheit, 8.5 degrees above average for January, the National Climatic Data Center said Tuesday. The old record for January warmth was 37.3 degrees set in 1953.
On the other hand, while much of the United States was basking in warm weather, parts of Europe and Asia were being battered by bitter cold. Climate details for the rest of the world for January are expected to be available next week.
During the month the jet stream, a strong high-altitude wind that guides weather fronts from west to east, stayed unusually far to the north, keeping the coldest air in Canada and Alaska, the agency said.
Keeping that cold air to the north allowed mild Pacific air to moderate temperatures across the contiguous states, leading to the warm conditions.
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Considering they have no records past about the late 1800s, it is a completely irrelevent statement.
The end is near. Oh woe is me.
What is this nonsense? I'm in New Orleans, and normally we'd be wearing shorts by now! I'm still wearing a sweater and jacket!
Global warming causes warm winters, cold winters, floods, droughts, hurricanes, red tide, deforestation, over vegitation, etc. etc. etc. It's the perfect boogeyman.
I wore a long-sleeved shirt for a while the other day. So much for the concept of winter...
That cold weather you are experiencing is obviously caused by global warming.
Well, slow down a bit - the article leads off with this gem: "like all good things, last month's mildness seems to have been too good to last" - does that mean February has been cold? It does seem like someone is at least admitting warmer temps has SOME benefits.
January was the coldest month in Fairbanks since 1971. Today it is +25 and even the birds are not bothering to fluff up their feathers.
It's OK with me. I wasn't looking forward to this winter's fuel bills.
Well, that does it - I'm climbing into bed, pulling the covers over my head and not coming out until global warming has changed into the predicted mini ice age.
Hot is cold
Vandalism is peace
Mother Gaia is watching you.
Not in MY world. -62 was far from being "warm" and the -50's and -40's weren't much better. Now, -20 to -30? THAT'S warm. LOL
Me too.
Dear Warmist,
I'm freezing my ass off. Does that make ya feel better?
spunkets
No, it is the perfect satan for the new religion.
More irrelevant anecdotal evidence for Chicken Little to crow about.
And? It was also the coldest January in Central Europe since the 1950s. I guess this means that there is global warming in the US, and global colding in Europe. /sarc
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