U.S. sees coldest February since 1989 amid global temperature dip
The planet’s temperature was above average, but 2021 is off to cooler start compared to recent years.
'The Lower 48 states had their coldest February in more than 30 years, new data reveals, due largely to the winter storm that engulfed Texas, causing a deadly energy crisis.
The cold, which was associated with a deep southward dip in the jet stream that sent polar air plunging to the U.S. border with Mexico, knocked out power to millions in Texas, Louisiana and other states due to the inability of power equipment to withstand the cold.
According to data the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) released Monday, during the Feb. 11-16 period, more than 120 all-time cold temperature records were broken across the Central and southern U.S. Six states, Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and Arkansas, registered one of their coldest 10 Februaries on record.
The month ranked as the 19th-coldest month of February since reliable instrument records began 127 years ago, NOAA found. Despite the cold February, the months of meteorological winter, consisting of December through February, were in the warmest one-third of past winters, at 1.4 degrees above average.'>>>
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