For 17 US Cities, 2014 Hottest Year Ever; No US City Has Set Record For Cold Since 1985

[hatrack]

Climate Central analyzed temperature data from the country’s 125 largest metropolitan areas to find the 17 scorchers. All are located west of the Rockies, with the majority in California, which has endured lengthy heat waves and a third year of unprecedented drought conditions. Eleven of the cities are in California which, as of November, was recording temperatures about 2 degrees Fahrenheit above its previous hottest year. The Santa Maria-Santa Barbara area is on track to exceed its previous record record by almost 3 degrees.

In California, the cities include Bakersfield, Fresno, Modesto, Sacramento-Roseville-Arden-Arcade, Salinas, San Diego-Carlsbad, San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, Stockton-Lodi, Vallejo-Fairfield and Visalia-Porterville. Arizona and Nevada each had two metro areas on the list: Phoenix and Tucson in the former, Las Vegas and Reno in the latter. Portland, Oregon and Seattle, Washington round out the list.

“The heat follows Interstate 5 from Seattle down through Portland, Sacramento and San Diego with detours to San Francisco, Fresno and Modesto before heading east to Las Vegas, Phoenix, Reno and Tucson,” noted Climate Central writer Brian Kahn. “Salt Lake City, Los Angeles and El Paso are among other western metro areas also in line for one of their top five warmest years.”

Climate Central’s analysis also revealed that no U.S. city set a record for cold temperatures, noting that it’s been almost 30 years since any city set such a record, with Kansas City, Missouri, Spokane, Washington and Boise City, Idaho notching record lows in 1985.

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http://ecowatch.com/2014/12/31/warmest-year-ever-climate-change/

[Demeter]

1. Last winter, state of Michigan. Sure to be a record for cold.

I still haven't recovered, and it looks like second innings this year.

[Nihil]

2. Place that is frequently cold in Winter was cold last Winter. Doesn't mean it was a record.

Scientific data trumps personal opinion.

[Demeter]

4. It was a cold summer too

I have the electric bills to prove it.

[Nihil]

3. Reading some of the comments on that article ...

... I can see how the idiocracy has developed to the current level (depth) that
elects morons like this http://www.democraticunderground.com/112779463

I hope that all of those red staters who pray "God Save America!" are lucky
as they've got fuck-all chance of their elected representatives doing it ...