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NOAA data shows winter 2014-2015 hottest on record

by Miranda Nelson on March 18th, 2015 at 2:24 PM
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      New data released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reveals that this past winter was the hottest on record.

      According to NOAA's most recent State of the Climate report, global temperatures were 0.79°C higher than the 20th-century average between December 2014 and February 2015.

      The data also reveals that February 2015 was the second-hottest February since record-keeping begain in 1880, with global land and sea temperatures 0.82°C above normal. Climate change was also reflected in a number of anomalies in February, including heavy winter storms impacting the southeastern U.S., record-breaking snowfalls in the northeastern U.S., flooding in Argentina, and record high temperatures in Australia and Russia.

      Here in Vancouver, the weather's been unseasonably warm and sunny all winter, with February temperatures higher than average and many local ski hills have closed due to lack of snow.

      The NOAA report also noted that December 2014 was the hottest December, while both the NOAA and NASA agree that 2014 was the hottest year on record as well.

      Read all the terrifying details here!

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