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And why average over 6 months at all? Is this how they presented the data in the past? Just show us the data for each month and let us draw our own conclusions.

I don't know. I would have preferred to see a map of the April conditions, too. Wait for my next post.

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Climate of 2002: April in Historical Perspective

That's better. They are clearly trying to tell a story with their lead figure, which is barely discussed in the press release.