2012 already brings record-breaking heat in U.S.
April 09, 2012
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Maximum temperature anomalies in the U.S. for the month ending March 31, 2012.
/ National Weather Service "Everybody has this uneasy feeling. This is weird. This is not good," said Jerry Meehl, a climate scientist who specializes in extreme weather at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colo. "It's a guilty pleasure. You're out enjoying this nice March weather, but you know it's not a good thing."
It's not just March.
"It's been ongoing for several months," said Jake Crouch, a climate scientist at NOAA's National Climatic Data Center in
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