Just How Warm Has it Been This Winter?
By Michael Frank, Adventure Journal on February 9th, 2012
NOAA says it was the fourth-warmest January on record since 1901. There was also the third-least snowfall over the nation since satellites began measuring coverage about 50 years ago. The central plains and Northeast have been especially mild, and about the only exceptions to both warmth and a lack of snow have been in Washington State and Alaska — some parts of Alaska have seen record-setting cold and snow, as the jet stream has just refused to dip south.
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