If you thought this summer was warm, so did everybody else, from USA Today: While the USA sweated through one of its warmest summers on record, so, too, did the rest of the globe. “Considering global land surfaces only, June – Aug. 2012 was record warm, at 1.85 degrees above average.” Only the summers of …
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Southern California ends rainy season in a drought – El Niño possibly coming
The 2011-12 rainy season — which ran from July 1, 2011 to June 30, 2012 — has come to an end with less than impressive numbers, according to figures compiled by the National Weather Service. None of the six key sights where the weather service records long term precipitation reported above average rainfall. San Diego …
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La Niña leaves on Thursday – El Niño could be coming
Changes are brewing in the equatorial Pacific, and they could profoundly affect weather across the U.S. and much of the globe next winter and spring. La Nina, which has held sway since last fall, will be officially declared a goner Thursday, an official at the Climate Prediction Center in Maryland told InsideClimate News. And while …
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