Surprising facts about this past winter (which continues here in the DC region today--it was 24 degrees this morning here): From Earth, Science Wire Release Date: Mar 20, 2014 Some surprising perspective on winter 2014: HEADLINE: California had its hottest winter on record! For people in the middle and eastern part of North America, the winter of 2013-14 has felt like one of the coldest in many years. Waves of Arctic air brought extended periods of cold weather and above-average snowfall. Seven Midwestern states had one of their top-10 coldest winters, and the Great Lakes were chilled until they reached nearly 91 percent ice cover. BUT......most of the U.S. west of the Rocky Mountains was warmer and drier than average. Warmer temperatures in the West offset the cold snaps to the East. California had its hottest winter on record, and several other states came close. In fact, in the U.S., winter 2013-2014 was only the 34th coldest winter in 119 years of record-keeping.
Posted on: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 13:51:00 +0000