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The 2011–12 North American winter by and large saw above normal average temperatures across the continent, with the Contiguous United States encountering its fourth-warmest winter on record, along with an unusually low number of significant winter precipitation events. The primary outlier was Alaska, parts of which experienced their coldest ...
By later in the year, the global weather pattern shifted to more neutral conditions. The global temperature was 1.03 °F (−17.21 °C) above average, making it the tenth-warmest year ever recorded. [1] Throughout 2012, there were 9,655 people killed by natural disasters, which marked the fewest global fatalities in a decade.
The 2012–13 North American winter started out somewhat early, as the remnants of Hurricane Sandy brought heavy snow to the mountains of West Virginia in late October. Later, a strong nor'easter affected the weary Northeastern United States , hampering storm recovery efforts and dropping several inches of snow.
A major winter storm is expected to deliver heavy snow, ice and rain across much of the U.S. this weekend into Monday, affecting areas from the Plains to the mid-Atlantic East Coast. The system ...
Learn how to keep plants warm in winter and take steps now to prepare your garden. Why Plants Need Protection. Winter is a rest period for the garden. Many plants go dormant, with their tops dying ...
7. Layer on the clothes. “Layering is critical,” Smith said. “Even thin layers added together to increase one’s ability to retain heat … focus on keeping the torso warm. Often an extra ...
On November 21, 2013, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Climate Prediction Center issued its U.S. Winter Outlook. Sea surface temperatures had been near average since spring 2012, and forecasters expected these conditions to continue through winter 2013–14, with neither El Niño nor La Niña conditions expected to affect the season's climate.
The Great Lakes set records for low winter ice, with Erie and Ontario “essentially ice-free.” ... And it was the warmest U.S. winter by a wide margin. The past three months were 0.82 degrees ...