NOAA REPORTS WARMER 2005 FOR THE UNITED STATES, NEAR-RECORD

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NOAA REPORTS WARMER 2005 FOR THE UNITED STATES, NEAR-RECORD WARMTH GLOBALLY HURRICANES, FLOODS, SNOW AND WILDFIRES ALL NOTABLE


Dec. 15, 2005— After a record-breaking hurricane season, blistering heat waves, lingering drought and a crippling Northeast blizzard, 2005 is ending as a warm year in the United States. It will come close to the all-time high global annual average temperature, based on preliminary data gathered by scientists at the NOAA National Climatic Data Center in Asheville, N.C.



http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2005/s2548.htm